"Not a God of Confusion"
How could such a confusing doctrine originate? The Catholic Encyclopedia claims: "A dogma so mysterious presupposes a Divine revelation." Catholic scholars Karl Rahner and Herbert Vorgrimler state in their Theological Dictionary: "The Trinity is a mystery...in the strict sense...,which could not be known without revelation,and even after revelation cannot become wholly intelligible."
However, contending that since the Trinity is such a confusing mystery, it must have come from divine revelation creates another problem. why? Because divine revelation itself does not allow for such a view of God: "God is not a God of confusion." - 1Corinthians 14:33, Revised standard Version (RS).
In view of that statement, would God be responsible for a doctrine about himself that is so confusing that even Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholars cannot really explain it" Furthermore, do people have to be theologians 'to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent'? (John 17:3, JB) If that were the case, why did so few of the educated Jewish religious leaders recognize Jesus as the Messiah? His faithful disciples were, instead, humble farmers, fishermen, tax collectors, housewives. Those common people were so certain of what Jesus taught about God that they could teach it to others and were even willing to die for their belief. - Matthew 15:1-9; 21:23-32, 43; 23:-13-36; John 7:45-49; Acts 4:13.
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