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194Official Statements - Trinitycertainly neither allow that later generations ever dare adding fake text in histranslation.In 1534, there was a full print run of Luther’s Bible translation. But even in Luther’slifetime his Bible translation was brazenly falsified. Therefore, Luther’s authorizededitions were given protective masks in form of a signature: “Dis zeichen sey zeuge //This sign be witness / that these books passed through my hands / to protect fromfalse printing and perdition / vleyssigen to ytzt much.” After a revision in autumnof 1541, Dr. Martin Luther complained again: “... it often happened to me that Ifound printed pirates so that I could not recognize my own work in many places.”(Quotes from: Luther Bible of 1534 - A cultural-historical introduction by Stephen Füssel)[Dr. Martin Luther: “This mask is to prove that such books have passed through myhands, for many people endeavor incorrect printing and destruction of books.”-”andit often happened to me that I found printed pirates so that I could not recognize myown work in many places.”Statements in Christian and historical literature“The doctrine of God’s Trinity was formulated by the Church in the late fourth century.The Bible itself at no point contains an explicit statement of God’s Trinity. Theonly apparent statement is the so-called ‘Comma Johanneum’, one addendum to1 John 5:7, deriving from the fourth century”: “There are three who give testimonyin heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit. And these three are one.” Thissentence, which was also included in some late Greek manuscripts and taken intoLuther’s translations, should obviously replace the missing literal basis of theScripture.”from: Biblical-Theological Dictionary by Osterloh and Engelland, Gottingen,Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1959, page 607“Dogmas are, in the stricter sense, doctrines turned into a standard by meansof church ceremonies (at synods), without recognition of which an individual isdeprived of eternal salvation.Neither Trinitarian statements, nor any speculations about the mutual relationshipof the three “persons” of the deity are contained in The New Testament.Matthew 28:19 is not a real word of the Lord! “from: Compendium of the Church History by Karl Heussi, JCB Mohr (Paul Diebeck)Tübingen, § 17 p. and q“Dogma (Greek ‘opinion’), doctrine, faith; transferred: A conviction which is notassured by a proof, but by an authoritative statement (Ecumenical Council,Emperor, Pope).”from: Encyclopedia and Dictionary, F. A. Brockhaus, Wiesband, Volume I, page 614“John does not equalize Jesus and God. Jesus is not God, and God is notJesus. He does not say of himself that he is God, but claims that he is the truerevealer of God; he interprets God because he originates from God’s world. Johndoes not support the ‘light from light’ of Nicea (325), which became the basis for theDoctrines of Two Natures (Chalcedon, 451). “from: No other God by Prof. H. M. Kuitert. 2004 Patmos Verlag GmbH & Co. KG.,Dusseldorf, page 169