Steven Avery
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For example, Tertullian did not believe in the Trinity. He had a trinity theory, but it contradicted the coequality of the later versions, since it featured the Father as the sole supreme God who had more divine substance than the Son. So, it’s dishonest for us to label Tertullian a trinitarian.
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Tertullian, who lived circa A.D. 160-225, “first coined the term ‘Trinity’ (trinitas) and used the concept of persons. Both Tertullian and Hippolytus are credited with introducing the idea of the ‘economic’ Trinity, which emphasizes how the persons in the Godhead relate to one another in their work of creation and redemption” (Feinberg, NOLH, 473).
https://pastorbrianchilton.wordpres...rinity-or-was-it-an-invention-of-constantine/
The Trinity before Nicea - Restitutio
Did the earliest Christians of the first three hundred years believe in the Trinity? This presentation works through the most quoted texts to show that they should not be used as proof of teaching the Trinity before a.d 325. Scroll down to see my conference paper. For more podcasts and videos...
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Next quote is dubious
Tertullian, who lived circa A.D. 160-225, “first coined the term ‘Trinity’ (trinitas) and used the concept of persons. Both Tertullian and Hippolytus are credited with introducing the idea of the ‘economic’ Trinity, which emphasizes how the persons in the Godhead relate to one another in their work of creation and redemption” (Feinberg, NOLH, 473).
https://pastorbrianchilton.wordpres...rinity-or-was-it-an-invention-of-constantine/