RE: [asa] Nakedness and the Fall of Man (trinity conflict)

I don't have the book with me now, but from memory of church history, there was a time when the church councils debated the trinity. It was accepted, then rejected (for something like 12 years), then accepted again up to the present.

The book I like on this subject, and gives lots of interesting detail, is here:
"Church History in Plain Language" by Bruce L. Shelley
http://www.amazon.com/Church-History-Plain-Language-Third/dp/0718025539/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235772376&sr=8-1

...Bernie

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Gordon Brown wrote:

What are you referring to when you say that the church at large rejected
the doctrine of the trinity for a time? Of course the word trinity was not
used until Tertullian coined it, but he was formulating something that was
already Christian belief. Dissenting groups such as the Sabellians and
Arians don't seem to constitute the church at large.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Subject: RE: [asa] Nakedness and the Fall of Man

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Dehler, Bernie wrote:

> Why do we wear clothes, but not the animals? No one knows. Along comes Moses and explains it is because our eyes were opened when Adam ate a piece of forbidden fruit. Oh- I get it. I don't see an immediate need to start asking more questions, like what kind of fruit it was, etc. Even look at all the questions in typical modern Christianity that people don't even think about. For example, the trinity... once hotly debated in history (even rejected for a time by the church at large), but now just assumed... believe it or you are a heretic.
>
> ...Bernie

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