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Official Statements - Trinity191church as the worship of images and keeping the day of the sun {Editor:Sunday}, but it is just a restatement of the Persian doctrine. After its launchabout three hundred years went by, until the doctrine became what it is today. Itwas introduced around 325 ... In Spain, it was adopted in 589, in England in 596and in 534 in Africa “(excerpt)Preliminary work:“Question 1. What serious objections are there to the doctrine of the Trinity?“Answer. There are many objections which we might urge, but on account of ourlimited space we shall reduce them to the three following:“1. It is not very consonant with common sense to talk of three being one, and onebeing three. …“2. It is contrary to Scripture. …“3. Its origin is pagan and fabulous. …”(‚The Review and Herald‘, Battle Creek, Michigan, 5. Nov. 1861 / in ‚The AdventistPioneer Library‘)Statements by R. F. Cottrell“I never believed the doctrine of the trinity, nor ever professed to believe it. ... menhave gone to extremes in the discussion of the doctrine of the trinity. Some havemade Christ a mere noble man, commencing his existence at his birth in Bethlehem;others have not been satisfied with holding Him to be what the Scriptures soclearly reveal Him, the pre-existing Son of God, but have made Him the Godand Father of Himself. If the Scriptures say He is the Son of God, I believe it. If it isdeclared that the Father sent His Son into the world, I believe He had a Son to send.”(‚Review and Herald‘, 1. June 1869)Statements of J. N. Andrews„God alone is immortal and the Father gave the son‘s life. The immortalityof Christ comes from God, and was not an integral part of his existence. “(‘Review and Herald‘, 27 January 1874)Statements by M. E. Cornell“Protestants and Catholics are so close in the views that you can easilyimagine how the Protestants can make a picture of the animal. Most of theProtestants together with the Catholics believe in the Trinity, the immortalityof the soul, the consciousness of the dead, the reward and punishment at death,the endless torment of the wicked, the happiness of the pious dead in the sky,sprinkling for baptism, and the pagan Sunday instead of Sabbath. Everythingis contrary to the spirit and the letters of the New Testament. Certainly astriking family resemblance exists between “mothers” and “daughters.”(‘Facts for The Times’, 1858, p. 76)Editor: Interestingly, I have to say that many people who have recognized thedoctrine of the Trinity as false, still hold to the teaching of the Council of 325AD. On this first Ecumenical Synod in Nicaea of the emperor Constantine,