Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
9. Trinity through History
Ignatius of Antioch died between AD 98-117 as a martyr in the
Roman Arena and his icon is usually portrayed with two lions. He
was the third Bishop of Antioch.
When the Apostle Peter left
Antioch for Rome, Evodius
succeeded him as bishop. .
Evodius was bishop of Antioch
until AD 69, when Ignatius
succeeded him. Ignatius, called
himself Theophorus ("bearer of
God"), was most likely a disciple
of both the Apostles Peter and
John
“Jesus Christ, who was with the
Father before the beginning of
time, and in the end was
revealed. . . . He, being
begotten by the Father before
the beginning of time, was God the Word, the only-begotten
Son, and remains the same for ever. . . “. (Letter to the
Magnesians)
“For our God, Jesus Christ, now that He
is with the Father, is all the more
revealed [in His glory]. Christianity is not
a thing of silence only, but also of
[manifest] greatness” (Letter to the
Romans).
Hermas (c. A.D. 88-97):
The Shepherd of Hermas (sometimes
called The Pastor or The Shepherd) is a
was written in the second century, and
was occasionally considered as
canonical by some of the early Church
fathers. The reference to Clement of
Rome suggests a date between 88 and
117