Did the Early Church Teach That God Is a Trinity? - Part 1-Did Jesus and His Disciples Teach the Trinity Dcotrine?

Did Jesus and his disciples teach the doctrine of the Trinity?  Did church leaders of the next several centuries teach it? How did it originate? And why is it important to know the truth about this belief? Beginning with Part 1 in this issue, The Watchtower will discuss these questions in a series of articles. Other articles in the series will appear periodically in later issues.

THOSE who accept the Bible as God's Word recognize that they have a responsibility to teach others about the Creator.  They also realize that the substance of what they teach about God must be true.

God rebuked Job's "comforters"  for not doing that.  "Jehovah proceeded to say to Eliphaz the Temanite: 'My anger has grown hot against you and your two companions, for you men have not spoken concerning me what is truthful as has my servant Job." - JOB 42:7.

The apostle Paul, when discussing the resurrection, said that we would be "found false witnesses of God" if we were teach something about God's activities that was not true. (1 Corinthians 15:15)   This being so with the resurrection teaching, how careful we ought to be when approach our teaching about who God is! 

Next time: Did the Early Church Teach That God Is a Trinity? - Part 1 - Did Jesus and His Disciples Teach the Trinity Doctrine? - The Trinity Doctrine

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