Trinity at Creation. Pictures of Early church Fathers. Pictures of Early Chruch Fathers. Early Church Father Timeline. Early Church Councils: The Trinity. Johannine Themes in the Early Church Councilsby David Arias God the Father, God the Son,and the ad extra Acts of the Blessed Trinity Introduction: The late fourth century was a time of great Trinitarian controversy.
Early in the fourth century, in 325 AD, the Catholic Church dogmatically defined that the Son of God, Who is the Person of Jesus Christ, is consubstantial with God the Father and is therefore Divine. History - Did early church fathers understand the doctrine of trinity? - Christianity Stack Exchange. The Apostles Creed dating from 390 A.D. quite clearly articulates an understanding of our faith revolving around the three persons we identify as the members of the Trinity as core to the faith.
It makes up almost half of the total text. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; It is clearly understood both today and in it's time that this creed was affirming a belief in One God and at the same time identifying how he is revealed to us. While it doesn't use the term Trinity nor define the mixed natures as clearly as later creeds and confessions, It is unlikely that such a creed would have seen the near universal acceptance as articulating the core of Christian belief if it went against the teachings of the church fathers of the previous three centuries. "O Lord God almighty... Early Christian faith on Trinity, deity of Christ, personality of the Holy Spirit.