Trinity

TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Christological Prayer
[The Christological prayer or hymn of Philippians 2:6-9, a favourite Arian proof text.]
Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death --
even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name that is above every name.
As the Christian Church solidified and unified in the fourth century and adopted a
Trinitarian theology, Arianism became the archetypal heresy for the orthodox.
Icon of St. Alexander of Alexandria
(Veljusa Monastery, Macedonia)
Alexander of Alexandria was the Pope of Alexandria and leader of the Church of
Alexandria during this period.. As a priest he experienced the persecutions of
Christians under the emperors Galerius and Maximinus. Upon the repose of Achillas of
Alexandria in 313, he came to lead the Church of Alexandria as the thirteenth Pope in
succession since the Apostle Mark.
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