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188 Jesus, Prophet of Islam

The essence of God is most simple and absolutely one,

and therefore it is a downright contradiction for one to

generate another if they are three independent persons.

And the poor little reasons of ouradversaries to the con­

trary to prove that the Father had begot a son of His

own substance are ridiculous andimpertinent '"

Always till the times of the Nicene Council and sorne

time later as appears by the writings of those who lived

then, the Father alone was acknowledged for the true

God, and those who were of the contrary mind, such as

the Sabellians and the like were accounted heretics ...

The spirit of the Anti-Christ hath not introduced more

dangerous error into the Churchof Christ than this doc­

trine which teaches that there are three distinct persons

in the most simple essence of God each of whichis itself

God, and that the Father is not the only true God but

that the Son and the Holy Ghost must be joined with

Him. There is nothing more absurd or more impossible

and more repugnant to rlght reason '"

Also Christians believe that Jesus Christdied to merlt

salvation for us and to satisfy the debts which we con­

tracted by our sins, yet this opinion is false, erroneous

and most pernicious. 2.

Socianus stated that one of the causes of the acceptance of the doc­
trine of Trinity was the influence of pagan philosophy, as this pas­
sage from Toland's The Nazarenes indicates:

The Socians and the other Unitarians no less confidently

assert that the Gentiles did likewise introduce into Chris­

tianity their former polytheism and deifying of dead

men: thus retaining the name of Chrîstianity but quite

altering the thing and suiting it as their interest or the

necessity of their affairs required ta all the opinionsand

customs anywhere in vogue from that time ta this. :l5

It is clear why the writings of Socianus achieved such widespread
acceptance. They not only took people back ta a more accurate pic­
ture of who Jesus was and what he came for, but helped also to
destroy much of the power which the Church had over people.

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