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Official Statements - Trinity177are one”. It is apparent that this formulation, which found entrance into some lateGreek manuscripts and was admitted in its translation after Luther, should replace themissing literal script basis” (p. 607).Dictionary of Theology and Church II (Cath.), p. 1272, Herder Publisher (excerpt):“COMMA Johanneum (CJ.) is a secondary (in the view of textual criticism),inconsistently transmitted addendum to 1. John 5:7… The Fathers of the EasternChurch were not familiar with the CJ until the Middle Ages; it has evolved from aTrinitarian interpretation (also detectable in the works of Tertullian and Cyprian) andcould be found in the relation of the latter tradition in the print editions of the Greek NewTestament including the edition of Erasmus, its 3rd edition and in the textus receptus.THE MAJORITY OF REFORMERS MILITATED AGAINST COMMA JOHANNEUM.”Non-Christian influences on the development of Christian dogma of the Trinity,Dr. Peter Gerlitz (Chapter 1, p. 9 / 10):“Background of the doctrine of Triune God. The history of the Trinity has taken itsroots in the Christology. THEREFORE THE TRINITARIAN CONCEPTION OF GODAS SUCH IS NOT DETECTABLE IN THE EARLY CHRISTIANITY.Apart from the (1 John 5:7) which was preached by Spanishand African church fathers towards the end of the 4th Century) – the Great Commission,Matt. 28:19 has been regarded as the oldest Trinitarian witness for centuries. Butalready the Enlightenment raised doubt as far as its authenticity is concerned. Thefact that the full wording of the Great Commission out of scripts constituted before theNicene council has never been quoted in the Eusebius but only was finally proven by F. Cony-Beare. This wording can possibly be found inJustin. Likewise it was assumed by Cony-Bear that the Trinitarian Great Commissionwas also unknown to the Origenes. “Compendium of Church History, Karl Heussi (18th edition), p. 69:“The baptismal in its earliest form was a confession of Christ, his subsequent formwas triadic. The New Testament does not really include any Trinitarian statements...Matt. 28:19 - (not a real dominical saying!) ... “Handbook for Today’s Catholic, p. 11:“The mystery of the Trinity is the central teaching of the Catholic Creed. It is abasis of all other teachings of the Church.“(see, Great Catholic Catechism ‘, 1948, p. 40, Catechism of the Catholic Church.’,2005, p. 41 et seq.;” Handbook for Today’s Catholic “, page 16)“The doctrine of the Trinity, a doctrine the knowledge of which is certainlynecessary for our salvation, may not be clearly inferred from the Bible by anexplicit exposition in the Protestant sense.” (,Doctrinal Catechism’)The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, vol. 14, p. 299, acknowledges: “Theformulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly notfully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the4th century....Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely