Is God A Trinity PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

1rlh~lFli~Lt~~cclhri~Ltli©\illlll1flllffilllc©.\1fll@.ml 9The central doctrine of most Protestant andCatholic churches for many centuries has been thatof the Trinity. This doctrine is so important that theCatholic Encyclopedia states: "This [the Trinity],the Church teaches, is the revelation regardingGod's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God,came upon earth to deliver to the world: and whichshe [the Catholic Church] proposes to man as thefoundation of the whole dogmatic system."Both Catholic and Protestant theologians quoteTheophilus of Antioch (circa 180 A.D.) as the firstperson to write about this most important doctrine.But isn't it strange that such a major doctrine wasavoided in religious writings for nearly two centuries?That is almost as long as the United Stateshas been a nation.Furthermore, Theophilus' allusion to the traditionalTrinity- "the Father, the Son and the Holy