IMG_0865 by brianbbs67, on FlickrWhen did belief in a Trinity begin and why?
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Re: Did Peter really say Jesus was God?
Post #31Understand that you might believe. Believe that you might understand. –Augustine of Hippo
Did Peter claim Jesus was God?
Post #38RESPONSE:
In Acts of the Apostles we find that Peter certainly did not claim divinity for Jesus. In his speech following Pentecost we find:
Acts 2:22-24
'Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you know.
23 This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified and killed by men outside the Law.
24 But God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power
Note: That God raised Jesus from the dead. If Jesus had been divine, he could have risen from the dead by his own power.
In Acts of the Apostles we find that Peter certainly did not claim divinity for Jesus. In his speech following Pentecost we find:
Acts 2:22-24
'Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you know.
23 This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified and killed by men outside the Law.
24 But God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power
Note: That God raised Jesus from the dead. If Jesus had been divine, he could have risen from the dead by his own power.
Post #40
I think you make a good point in that it isn't a doctrine that the new creature in Christ belives in, but the reality. Of course these three characters appear to be different which only spotlights the triadic aspect of God. Actually I think it would be more accurate to say reality rather than God.You are fooling yourself to believe a trinity doctrine existed before Nicea. There are 3. Father, son of Man, and Holy Ghost. They appear to be quite different characters by the bible accounts. And by the Son of man.
