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“The modern popular doctrine of the Trinity . . . derives no support from the language of Justin [Martyr]: and this observation may be extended to all the ante-Nicene Fathers; that is, to all Christian writers for three centuries after the birth of Christ. It is true, they speak of the Father, Son, and . . . holy Spirit, but not as co-equal, not as one numerical essence, not as Three in One, in any sense now admitted by Trinitarians. The very reverse is the fact.” —The Church of the First Three Centuries, by Alvan Lamson
“Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity. . . . Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity.” —The Encyclopedia of Religion.
“The Bible lacks the E×ρréšš declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence.” —Karl Barth.
“The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]. . . . Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.” —The New Catholic Encyclopedia.
“Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament.” —The New Encyclopedia Britannica.
“Primitive Christianity did not have an explicit doctrine of the Trinity such as was subsequently elaborated in the creeds.”—The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology.
“To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it.” —Origin and Evolution of Religion, by E. Washburn Hopkins of Yale University.
“As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity.” —A Short History of Christian Doctrine, by Bernhard Lohse.
“There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the existence of a [Trinity] within the Godhead.” —The Triune God, by Edmund Fortman.
“Theologians today are in agreement that the Hebrew Bible does not contain a doctrine of the Trinity. . . . Theologians agree that the New Testament also does not contain an explicit doctrine of the Trinity.” —The Encyclopedia of Religion.
“The Bible lacks the E×ρréšš declaration that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are of equal essence.” —Karl Barth.
“The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is not taught in the O[ld] T[estament]. . . . Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.” —The New Catholic Encyclopedia.
“Neither the word Trinity nor the explicit doctrine appears in the New Testament.” —The New Encyclopedia Britannica.
“Primitive Christianity did not have an explicit doctrine of the Trinity such as was subsequently elaborated in the creeds.”—The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology.
“To Jesus and Paul the doctrine of the trinity was apparently unknown; . . . they say nothing about it.” —Origin and Evolution of Religion, by E. Washburn Hopkins of Yale University.
“As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity.” —A Short History of Christian Doctrine, by Bernhard Lohse.
“There is no evidence that any sacred writer even suspected the existence of a [Trinity] within the Godhead.” —The Triune God, by Edmund Fortman.