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The Justinian Code. How many people know what it is, or care anything about it? “Shema Yisreal, sometimes considered the most important prayer in Judaism (‘Hear O Israel, YHWH our God, YHWH is one’) was banned, as a denial of the Trinity.” https://orthodoxwiki.org/Code_of_Justinian This...

Someone may ask, Does trinitarianism really destroy Jewish monotheism? To answer that question I turn to another key 4th century figure, Gregory of Nyssa. ”The Christian conception of God, argues Gregory of Nyssa, is neither the polytheism of the Greeks nor the monotheism of the Jews and...

“Anathema, as used in the New Testament, comes from the Greek ana’thema, meaning ‘a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.’ Used only six times in the Bible … Generally speaking, most Bible scholars agree that the word anathema is best understood to mean that which is...

“Nothing makes us so like God as love for Jesus.” - Michael Reeves

For me (and hopefully for others) that begs the question: Why didn’t someone say it in the Bible?

Trinitarians do. At least they say they do. I’m a Jewish monotheist, not a trinitarian, and I care if anyone accepts or rejects it. To accept it or reject it, a person must be educated about it. The decision is up to every individual to make for himself or herself. Amen.

“Historians of Christianity and its relationship to society often claim that Constantine created Christian Europe, or Christendom, but that now we are in the post-Constantinian era. In theology, we have to say that we now seem to have entered a post-Chalcedonian era. The transformation this...

So do I.

I would like for us to look now at another trinitarian creed - the Athanasian Creed. It too should be taught in every church. ”1. Whosoever will be saved, before all it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; 2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he...

Calling once again upon the constraints of history: Number of people in the Hebrew Bible who affirmed the Nicene Creed - 0 Number of people in the New Testament who affirmed the Nicene Creed - 0 Number of people who affirmed the Nicene Creed prior to 325 A.D. - 0 Number of people in the...

Anathematizes. ”The verb anathematize means to completely condemn, something you would do to a mortal enemy or a truly horrible person.” https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/anathematize The Nicene Creed (original and amended) isn’t harmless and must not be taken lightly. Educate the people.