Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
9. Trinity through History<br />
who, being from everlasting, is today called the Son. . . . (Letter<br />
to Diognetus, 11).<br />
Tertullian, (155 – 222 AD) the Latin theologian is the first<br />
person to use the word in connection with<br />
the three persons in One God with one<br />
substance and one in essence.. "Trinity,"<br />
"person" and "substance"to explain that<br />
the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are "one in<br />
essence – not one in Person." (On Pudicity<br />
21).<br />
Origen Adamantius (185– 254 AD<br />
In the next century the word is in general use. It is found in many<br />
passages <strong>of</strong> Origen Adamantius (185– 254 AD) ("In Ps. xvii",<br />
15). And Origen in his work Against Celsus VIII.15 says: "We<br />
declare that the Son is not mightier than the Father, but inferior<br />
to Him. And this belief we ground on the saying <strong>of</strong> Jesus Himself:<br />
"The Father who sent me is greater than I."<br />
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