Lecture 10: The Doctrine of the Trinity
the three persons. Following Augustine, the West will say that the three are
differentiated by their relations. Ŷ
“The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed” in Leith, Creeds of the Churches,
28–33; also in Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2, 57–61.
Dünzl, A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church.
Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vol. 1, chap. 4.
- Do you agree that the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity was really necessary
to make sense of the extraordinary claims Christians made about Christ? - The Nicene doctrine of the Trinity was intended as a form of
monotheism. Is it successful on that score?
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