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History of Trinitarian Doctrines. 1. Introduction. 2. The Christian Bible. 2.1 The Old Testament. 2.2 The New Testament. 3. Development of Creeds. 3.1 Up to 325 CE. 3.1.1 The One God in the Trinity. 3.1.2 Tertullian. 3.2 325–381: The Arian Controversy. 3.3 The pro-Nicene Consensus. 3.3.1 Gregory of Nyssa. 3.3.2 Augustine.
Aug 19, 2020 · With Tertullian we have an early voice attributing his basic understanding of the Trinity to a Scripturally-based tradition handed down in the Church. Furthermore, he engages polemically with Praxeas on the basis of Scripture, expounding a plethora of verses from the Gospel of John.
Dec 6, 2022 · It seems that the church father Tertullian (AD 160–225) was the first to apply the term Trinity to God. Tertullian uses the term in Against Praxeus , written in 213 to explain and defend the Trinity against the teaching of his contemporary Praxeus, who espoused the Monarchian heresy.
In the Tertullian interpretation this quote refers to the “arrangement and dispensation” (dispositionem et dispensationem) of the Trinity. Similarly the quoted Psalm 109 (110):1 expresses the idea of the restoration of the rule of God under the rule of the earthly messiah.
Tertullian's concern was a doctrine known as "modalism." This is the view that there is only one person in the Godhead. That one, individual God fills the role of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in much the same way that one actor can play three roles in the same movie.
Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity", as well as "the founder of Western theology". Tertullian originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Church doctrine. He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas).
The first defense of the doctrine of the Trinity was by Tertullian, who was born around 150–160 AD, explicitly "defined" the Trinity as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and defended his theology against Praxeas, although he noted that the majority of the believers in his day found issue with his doctrine.
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