the trinity—whose teaching
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The TrinityWhose Teaching?
Posted on January 21, 2013byideacreamanuela
There is one God and Father, one Lord Jesus Christ, and one
Holy Spirit, three persons . . . who are the same or one in
essence . . . ; three persons equally God, possessing the same
natural properties, yet really distinct, known by their personal
characteristics.* The Living Pulpitmagazine
The FatherSuperior to the Son
Psalm 83:18says: You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone
are the Most High over all the earth. Jesus taught his disciples to
pray: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Our
heavenly Father, whose name is Jehovah, is described in the Bible
as being superior to his Son. For example, Jehovah is from
everlasting to everlasting. But the Bible says that Jesus is the
firstborn of every creature. That Jehovah is greater than Jesus,
Jesus himself taught when he said: My Father is greater than I.
(Matthew 6:9; Psalm 90:1, 2; Colossians 1:15; John
14:28, King James Version) Yet, the Trinity doctrine holds that
the Father and the Son are equally God. (Photo:Depiction of Trinityfrom Saint Denis Basilicain
Paris.)
The Fathers superiority over the Son, as well as the fact that the Father is a separate person, is
highlighted also in the prayers of Jesus, such as the one before his execution: Father, if you wish,
remove this cup [that is, an ignominious death] from me. Nevertheless, let, not my will, but yours
take place.(Luke 22:42) If God and Jesus are one in essence, as the Trinity doctrine says, how
could Jesus will, or wish, seem different from that of his Father?Hebrews 5:7, 8; 9:24.
Furthermore, if Jehovah and Jesus were the same, how could one of them be aware of things of
which the other was not? Jesus, for instance, said regarding the time of the worlds judgment:
Concerning that day or the hour nobody knows, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son,but the
Father.Mark 13:32.
The Christian Century,in its May 20-27, 1998, issue, quotes a pastor who acknowledges that the
Trinity is a teaching of the church rather than a teaching of Jesus.
The Trinity and the Church
The Trinity is not a teaching of Jesus or of the early Christians. As noted previously, it is a
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teaching of the church. In its 1999 issue on the Trinity, The Living Pulpitobserved: Sometimes, it
seems that everyone assumes that the doctrine of the trinity is standard Christian theological fare,
but it added that it is not a biblical idea.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia(1967) discusses the Trinity at length and admits: The
Trinitarian dogma is in the last analysis a late 4th-century invention. . . . The formulation one God in
three Persons was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and itsprofession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century.
The Trinitys Early Origins
The worship of pagan gods grouped in threes, or triads, was also common before Jesus was
born. From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity, observed historian Will Durant. In
the Encyclopdia of Religion and Ethics,James Hastings wrote: In Indian religion, e.g.,we meet
with the trinitarian group of Brahm , Siva, and Vi u; and in Egyptian religion with the trinitarian
group of Osiris, Isis, and Horus.
AWAKE!, 4/22 2005
See also: The Truth About the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, available by download
atwww.jw.org
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