Steven Avery
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The traditional Matthew 28:19 is an interpolation.
1 Clement showing 3-language in the first century
http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com/showpost.php?p=1603380&postcount=301
There is a tendency to attack any 3-language in the New Testament. Especially the heavenly witnesses and Matthew 28:19.
Here is confirmation from an early church writer. He is often dated to c. 90 AD., however he may well be pre-70 AD.
Clement of Rome, First Epistle
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/1clement-lightfoot.html
This does not mean any real "Trinity" doctrine, as the term came to be defined later, however it does show that 3-language is fine as Christian, 1st century.
This has been largely overlooked, although Alfred Resch did show this and more.
The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature (1895)
Resch's Aussercanonische Paralleltexte
Review by John Marshall Turner
https://archive.org/details/criticalreviewt09salmgoog/page/n50/mode/2up
p. 35-43
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James Moffatt, a contra, does mention Clement of Rome, it is unclear whether it is the quote above, and it is unclear whether there really is a reference to Matthew 28:19 from Clement of Rome.
The Historical New Testament (1901)
James Moffatt
https://books.google.com/books?id=uBkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA648
... the earliest reference to it, outside this passage, is in Clem. Rom. and the
Didache (Justin Martyr, Apol. i. 61).
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The traditional Matthew 28:19 is an interpolation.
1 Clement showing 3-language in the first century
http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com/showpost.php?p=1603380&postcount=301
There is a tendency to attack any 3-language in the New Testament. Especially the heavenly witnesses and Matthew 28:19.
Here is confirmation from an early church writer. He is often dated to c. 90 AD., however he may well be pre-70 AD.
Clement of Rome, First Epistle
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/1clement-lightfoot.html
This does not mean any real "Trinity" doctrine, as the term came to be defined later, however it does show that 3-language is fine as Christian, 1st century.
This has been largely overlooked, although Alfred Resch did show this and more.
The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature (1895)
Resch's Aussercanonische Paralleltexte
Review by John Marshall Turner
https://archive.org/details/criticalreviewt09salmgoog/page/n50/mode/2up
p. 35-43
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James Moffatt, a contra, does mention Clement of Rome, it is unclear whether it is the quote above, and it is unclear whether there really is a reference to Matthew 28:19 from Clement of Rome.
The Historical New Testament (1901)
James Moffatt
https://books.google.com/books?id=uBkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA648
... the earliest reference to it, outside this passage, is in Clem. Rom. and the
Didache (Justin Martyr, Apol. i. 61).
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