Trinity

TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Ignatius of Antioch – A.D. 108
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to her who has
been blessed in greatness through the fulness of God
the Father, ordained before time to be always resulting
in permanent glory, unchangeably united and chosen in
true passion, by the will of the Father and of Jesus
Christ, our God, to the church which is in Ephesus of
Asia, worthy of felicitation: abundant greetings in Jesus
Christ and in blameless joy.
For our God, Jesus the Christ, was conceived by Mary
according to a dispensation of God, from the seed of
David, yes, but of the Holy Spirit as well.
Ignatius, who is also Theophorus, unto her that hath
found mercy in the bountifulness of the Father Most
High and of Jesus Christ His only Son; to the church
that is beloved and enlightened through the will of Him
who willed all things that are, by faith and love towards
Jesus Christ our God.
I give glory to Jesus Christ the God who bestowed such
wisdom upon you; for I have perceived that ye are
established in faith immovable, being as it were nailed
to the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, in flesh and in
spirit, and firmly grounded in love in the blood of Christ, fully persuaded as
touching our Lord that He is truly of the race of David according to the flesh, but
Son of God by the Divine will and power, truly born of a virgin and baptized by John
that all righteousness might be fulfilled by Him, truly nailed up in the flesh for our
sakes under Pontius Pilate and Herod the tetrarch (of which fruit are we--that is, of
His most blessed passion); that He might set up an ensign unto all the ages
through His resurrection, for His saints and faithful people, whether among Jews or
among Gentiles, in one body of His Church....Let no man be deceived. Even the
heavenly beings and the glory of the angels and the rulers visible and invisible, if
they believe not in the blood of Christ [who is God], judgment awaiteth them also.
Melito Bishop of Sardis, Sermon – A.D. 180
(http://www.purifiedbyfaith.com/NewFormat/theology/WOG/WOG_DaVinci_Code_Debunked.
htm)
And so he was lifted up upon a tree and an inscription was attached indicating who was being
killed. Who was it? It is a grievous thing to tell, but a most fearful thing to refrain from telling.
But listen, as you tremble before him on whose account the earth trembled!
He who hung the earth in place is hanged.
He who fixed the heavens in place is fixed in place.
He who made all things fast is made fast on a tree.
The Sovereign is insulted.
God is murdered.
The King of Israel is destroyed by an Israelite hand.
This is the One who made the heavens and the earth,
and formed mankind in the beginning,
The One proclaimed by the Law and the Prophets,
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