Video Who were the first Trinitarians?

[Lori Jane]

Commenter Gerry Quinn
Trinitarians claim that their views are orthodox and that everyone else is heretical or a cult. You have clearly shown that the early "Church Fathers" believed in subordination of the Son and so were not trinitarian . It is clear from Church History that he doctrine of the Trinity evolved over a period of time and was clearly not held by the first Christians in the time of the Apostles. The first Christians worshiped YHWH (Jehovah) and believed Yeshua (Jesus) to be the promised Messiah (Christ). To his disciples Jesus was the Son of God.

Commenter Joseph Richard
The council was political. Arius and Athanasius was running for state office. Athanasius knew that he could not simply agree with Arius. So he changed his creed about who God is. Knowing that Arius would not agree. That is why the preliminary formation of the creed was less radical than the latter trinitarian creed. It was a political tactic to secure his win. This of cause is far from the teachings of the apostles.