DAVEH:
Do you accept that the Reformers adopted it due to their familiarity with
RCC doctrines?
There is no doubt that tradition is a powerful force, even among those who
break away from what they consider to be bad tradition. Nevertheless, there
is evidence that the Reformers believed the Trinity because of their own
studies on the subject.
DaveH wrote:
IOW, had the RCC folks not been using it, do you think the Reformers would
have taken it as their own doctrine?
Just consider that John Calvin's primary contention against Michael Servetus
was the doctrine of the Trinity. Calvin considered anyone who taught
against the Trinity to be a heretic who deserved to be burned at the stake.
Read his own arguments against Servetus's sebellianism and you cannot
possibly think that he simply adopted the Trinity because of tradition.
Calvin clearly studied it for himself.
DaveH wrote:
BTW.....It is not altogether surprising that some early Mormons believed
it, as most of them came from Protestant stock, and would have been versed
(and biased) in Protestant doctrines.
Good point. I have made the case many times in this forum that from a
historical point of view, Mormonism is a branch of Protestant Christianity.
The interesting thing is that you consider Mormonism to be a restoration of
primitive Christianity, while many of us view Mormonism as an extreme
furtherance of the apostasy.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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