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	Historical Development of the Trinitarian Mode of Baptism
		Although history is not clear on who first introduced the trini- tarian formula, it does not appear to be coincidental that its intro- duction (as far as historical references are concerned) occurs during the Apologist's period, when the Godhead debate was sweeping the church.
		While during the second century Jesus name baptism was being challenged by the trinitarians, by the beginning of the third century the trinitarians began to condemn those baptized in Jesus name as heretics and to demand anyone who rejoined the church to be rebaptized with the trinitarian formula.
		During this period of dual baptism formulas, the trinitarians acquired political power, primarily through the conversion of the Roman emperor Constantine in 312 A.D. When Constantine embraced Ca- tholicism, the trinitarians, for the first time, acquired full power to stamp out organized resistance to their teachings.
	www.pentecostalsonline.org /one.html (3206 words)

	Trinity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matthew 28:19 may be taken to indicate that baptism was associated with this Trinitarian formula from the earliest decades of the Church's existence.
		Trinitarians claim that these statements are based on the fact that Jesus existed as the Son of God in human flesh.
		As evidence of this, critics of the doctrine point to the widely acknowledged synthesis of Christianity with platonic philosophy, which is evident in Trinitarian formulas that appeared by the end of the third century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinitarianism (7263 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Trinitarian formula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The trinitarian formula is the phrase "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit", or words to that form and effect referring to the persons of the Holy Trinity.
		According to Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and most forms of Protestantism, a baptism is not valid if the trinitarian formula is not used in the administration of that sacrament.
		In the University of Cambridge students are graduated using the Trinitarian formula.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Trinitarian_formula (294 words)

	Trinity - God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit - Trinitarian, Tritheism, Triadic - Three Persons - Godhead
		Paul was calling attention to the trinitarian consciousness, not in the initial work of salvation which has already been accomplished at Corinth, but in the sustaining work that enables divisive Christians to achieve unity.
		In 1 Peter 1:2, the trinitarian formula is followed with reference to each person of the Godhead.
		The consistent trinitarian expression is not a formulation of the doctrine, as such, but reveals an experiencing of God’s persistent self-revelation.
	www.thewordsofeternallife.com /trinity.html (1745 words)

	THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WATER BAPTISM
		Every reference to a baptismal formula in the Book of Acts and the references in the Epistles either explicitly state or indicate that the name of Jesus and not the titles of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost was used in the baptismal formula.
		The use of the trinitarian formula began after the apostolic era, probably in conjunction with the development of the doctrine of the trinity.
		Although trinitarians are without a single biblical example to support their trinitarian interpretation of Matthew 28:19, the trinitarian formula is so vital to their doctrine of the trinity that they oppose anyone who uses the apostolic formula.
	www.geocities.com /robert_upci/significance_of_water_baptism_j_l_hall.htm (2649 words)

	MCC San Francisco \| www.mccsf.org
		On one level, the Trinitarian formula is a mathematical impossibility.
		On another level, the Trinitarian formula of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is inherently patriarchal.
		Trinitarian theology asserts that relationship is fundamental to God and that community is the foundation of God’s interaction with the world.
	www.mccsf.org /sermons/sermon_040606_Mandeville.html (1382 words)

	THEOLOGICAL THEMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In short, he is one of the three persons enumerated in the trinitarian formulae, 2 Co 13:13.
		Trinitarian formulas, of course, were used by the Apostolic Fathers, such as Clement of Rome and Ignatius, but only with the apologists of the 2nd century was any speculation attempted.
		The Reformation did not challenge the Trinitarian teaching of the Church councils but, in rejecting the use of philosophical speculation in theology, returned to a more “elemental” approach to the mystery.
	www.diafrica.org /nigeriaop/kenny/Theol/T52.htm (1498 words)

	Mathew 28:19 Fraud Exposed
		It is a sin to make Jesus say a trinitarian baptismal formula and put into his mouth their trinitarian godhead doctrine fabricated at Nicaea in 325AD.
		If those in trinitarianism do not flee from this perversion and be rebaptized in the name of Jesus Christ, they accept their damnation of having no salvation in that false baptism.
		Trinitarians hid the knowledge of this Hebrew Gospel from the Oneness Apostolics.
	jesus-messiah.com /apologetics/catholic/matthew-proof.html (830 words)

	Marx, Capital, Volume III, Part VII, Chapter 48: Library of Economics and Liberty
		The formula "Capital—Interest" has indeed the least meaning of any formula of capital; still it is one of its formulæ.
		It is precisely in the formula Capital—Interest that all intermediate links are eliminated, and capital is reduced to its most general formula, which for this reason is inexplicable by itself and absurd.
		This formula corresponds at the same time to the interests of the ruling classes, by proclaiming the natural necessity and eternal justification of their sources of revenue and raising them to the position of a dogma.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Marx/mrxCpC48.html (5182 words)

	Questions about the truth of Trinitarianism - Theology Forums.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The only logical answer that Trinitarians could offer is that God the Son, as He continues to exist beyond the incarnation, does have all power, but only in His incarnate state is God the Son limited, and in need of receiving power from the Father, because of His humanity.
		Trinitarians start with the NT distinctions between Father, Son, and Spirit, and understand the OT assertions that God is one in light of these.
		Origen (185-254) was the greatest contributor to the development of the trinitarian doctrine in the Eastern church, as Tertullian was in the Western Church.
	www.basictheology.com /forums/PrintPost.aspx?PostID=171925 (9451 words)

	Baptism (lutheran Doctrine) (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This ancient baptismal formula represents "the Father as the Originator, the Son as the Mediator, the Holy Ghost as the Realization, and the vital and vitalizing blessing of the promise and fulfillment," which is extended to men in this ordinance (Cremer).
		Feine (PER3, XIX, 396 f.) and Kattenbusch (Sch-Herz, I, 435 f.) argue that the Trinitarian formula in Matthew 28:19 is spurious, and that the text in Mark belongs to a section which was added to this Gospel at a later time.
		That this formula was the established usage in the Christian church is proven by records of baptisms in Justin (Apol., I, 61) and Tertullian (Adv.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/1147 (3258 words)

	Various Quotes
		The threefold name (at most only an incipient Trinitarianism) in which the baptism was to be performed, on the other hand, seems clearly to be a liturgical expansion of the evangelist consonant with the practice of his day (thus Hubbard; cf.
		argue that the Trinitarian formula in Matthew 28:19 is spurious.
		Footnote to Matthew 28:19, It may be that this formula, so far as the fullness of its expression is concerned, is a reflection of the liturgical usage established later in the primitive community.
	www.godglorified.com /various_quotes.htm (1733 words)

	Chapter 10
		The earliest known formula is 'in the name of the Lord Jesus,' or some similar phrase; this is found in the Acts, and was perhaps still used by Hermas, but by the time of Justin Martyr the trine formula had become general.
		Evidence for general usage of the modern trinitarian formula at this early date is not as decisive as some have indicated.
		Ambrose (340-398), although a trinitarian, apparently held it to be valid on the ground that baptism in the name of one person of the trinity is the same as baptism in the name of the whole trinity.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/pentecostal/New-Ch10.htm (4302 words)

	Baptism
		In the pursuit of appropriate language for describing the deity within the context of recent Biblical studies and interpretation, some Christian churches and congregations are experimenting with the Trinitarian formula in non-traditional terms (I.e.
		With respect to recognizing each tradition's baptism, it is imperative that this traditional Trinitarian formula, along with the use of water, be maintained.
		At that time, other descriptive words may be added to the Trinitarian formula, but not substituted for it.
	www.masscouncilofchurches.org /docs/MCCUbaptism.htm (1931 words)

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		When the council of Nicea met in 325 A.D. the Trinitarian formula for baptism was adopted.
		From this time forward, the trinity was embraced and the Trinitarian baptismal formula gained prominence.
		Luther and others kept the Trinitarian formula but began to break away from the other traditional beliefs of the Catholic church.
	users.churchserve.com /wv/ApostolicMinistries/baptism.html (518 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Baptism
		By the former they understand the formula expressing the action of ablution and the utterance of the invocation of the Trinity; by the latter, the definition: "Sacrament of regeneration" or that institution of Christ by which we are reborn to spiritual life.
		The mind of the Church as to the necessity of serving the trinitarian formula in this sacrament has been clearly shown by her treatment of baptism conferred by heretics.
		The most probable opinion, however, seems to be that the terms "in the name of Jesus", "in the name of Christ", either refer to baptism in the faith taught by Christ, or are employed to distinguish Christian baptism from that of John the Precursor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02258b.htm (15508 words)

	LM
		Water and the trinitarian formula are essential for baptism, but there is flexibility concerning the mode and place of baptism.
		By the third century baptisms were being done in pools or baths in a special room or area of a church known as a baptistery.
		The 1549 BCP called for a threefold immersion and the trinitarian baptismal formula.
	www.er-d.org /19625_14547_ENG_Print.html (475 words)

	Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength
		To speak in Trinitarian language, the Father is the only member of the Trinity who has no other origin but is self-existing; the Word and the Spirit both derive from the Father.
		I consider some parts of the Trinitarian formula to be an intellectual syncretism between the revelation of God and Greek philosophy.
		The relationship between Father, Son, and Spirit is not cleanly understood or expressed with complete clarity in the common formulas used for the Trinity.
	weekendfisher.blogspot.com (5461 words)

	Soul Device - The United Pentecostal Church
		the historic doctrine of the Trinity, and the traditional Trinitarian formula in water baptism.
		Modalism is an old heresy that views the Trinitarian concept of God (three persons with one nature) as a falsehood.
		The UPCI teaches that there are two major evidences of the baptism of the Holy Spirit: speaking with tongues and the fruit of the Spirit.
	www.dougbeaumont.org /SoulDevice/cults_upci.htm (436 words)

	FAQ - BIBLE ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"By the beginning of the third century the trinitarians began to condemn those baptized in Jesus name as heretics and to demand anyone who rejoined the church to be rebaptized with the trinitarian formula.
		The Council of Constantinople condemned "Sabellian" baptism (as they called it) and in addition to the 'Constitutions of the Holy Apostles' the practice of 'one immersion into the death of Christ' was outlawed and the triple immersion in the Trinity was declared the only valid one.
		It certainly seems that "two formulas" are locked in battle -- one 'in Jesus Name,' the other in the name of the Trinity: one, the Trinitarian formula, is decreed the "winner" by imperial force; the other is outlawed.
	www.threeq.com /faq/faq428.html (443 words)

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		In addition, the Trinitarian formula of Matthew 28: 19 has been quoted many times by the early fathers, the references of which we cite below.42 Many Fathers also reveal a strong belief in the Trinity, dating from the time of the apostles and shortly thereafter.
		Although trinitarianism was not in elaborate theological formulas in the first century, the New Testament and the primitive church did believe and teach it.
		Christian trinitarianism does not find its origin in pagan triads, but in Christian wrestlings with revelation.60 The early church then, as the orthodox church today, understood the presence of the humanity of Christ, but at the same time lauded his divinity.
	www.empirenet.com /~messiah7/rvw_3in1.htm (5726 words)

	:: ELCA :: synodical relations - conference of bishops > actions and pastoral letters . CB91.03.17
		It is also faithfully reflected in the Trinitarian baptismal formula pronounced by the Church throughout the ages, as presented in the rite for Holy Baptism in the Lutheran Book of Worship.
		This intentional practice can also serve well to condemn any alleged Trinitarian sanction for sinful inequality or oppression of women in church and society.
		None of these diversified figures of speech, however, may rightly be employed as exchangeable equivalents of God's name, "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." Here the Church, in adoration and praise, calls upon the non-sexist name of the three persons of the transsexual Trinity in their own eternal inter-relationships.
	www.elca.org /synods/bishopstrinitarian.html (720 words)

	The Doctrinal Exclusion: Trinity and the Nature of God
		There is also the closely parallel recognition on the part of historians of dogma and systematic theologians that when one does speak of an unqualified Trinitarianism, one has moved from the period of Christian origins to, say, the last quadrant of the 4th century.
		Since the trinitarian God must include the person of the Son--who is a physically resurrected being --the statement "God is a Spirit" cannot be understood, even from a Nicene perspective, as limiting God in all contexts to noncorporeality.
		Thus Chalcedon provided a formula by which the theologians could maintain contradictory propositions--that God suffered, because of the corporate identity of the two natures in Christ, and that God did not suffer, because of the strict distinction between the two natures.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/response/general/christians/ser7.htm (6754 words)

	Maximus Nothus Decretum: A Look at the Recent Catholic Declaration regarding Latter-day Saint Baptisms - FARMS Review
		Roman Catholic scholars (including the church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) are not ignorant of the history behind the development of trinitarian theology or the patristic proclamations acknowledging the distinct individuality of the Father and Son.
		Indeed, baptismal formulas employed by Christian denominations whose baptisms are considered valid by the Catholic Church are sometimes at greater variance from this aforementioned authorized formula than is the Latter-day Saint mode.
		[40] As an example, some use the formula "I baptize you in the name of Jesus" or "I baptize you in the name of Christ." The U.S. Presbyterians add "child of the covenant" to their baptismal formula so as to indicate what the convert is becoming.
	www.farmsresearch.com /display.php?id=394&table=review (6440 words)

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		Both Oneness and Trinitarian teachers accept the verse in light of their understanding of the general tenor of Scripture.
		Oneness people see no Trinitarian formula here but a truth that was revealed in the carrying out of the command by the Apostles in baptizing in the name of
		The Trinitarians made the command a formula and made the formula a general statement of authority).
	www.altupc.com /articles/PART11.HTM (1201 words)

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		Many sects have taken this to reject the Catholic Trinitarian formula and others have said there is no Trinity -- Jesus is God and there is no other, and finally some have said the "Name of Jesus" is JWHW and therefore the Trinity.
		Some have felt it was incomplete possibly due to an inadequate formula, but the apostles did not re-baptize them (as they did in Acts 19 with the baptism of John) so they seem to have accepted their initial baptism as valid and effective.
		But saying, "baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" is too long an expression, and the formula "baptism using the Trinitarian formula" was not an option since the term "Trinity" would not be coined until around the A.D. 130s.
	www.catholicconvert.com /Portals/0/BaptistInTheNameOfJesus.doc (1710 words)

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