Mr Jake Kurian is currently studying at St Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary in South Canaan, PA, and here gives an introduction on the Church's teachings of the Holy Trinity. This was the 3rd seminar of the Houston Faith Series, conducted on June 21, 2008 at St Thomas Orthodox Church in Stafford, Texas.
The seminarians, currently studying at St Tikhon, maintain a common blog which can be read at http://sotsindianorthodox.blogspot.com
The PDF associated to this Seminar is located here: http://stmaryscathedral.net/downloads/the-holy-trinity.pdf
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@stmarys1 ...cont. No one disputes that God is eternal. In quoting Luke 1:35 you added "eternal" to "the Son of God" concerning Jesus. This is in direct opposition to Gods truth.
Col1:15 says of Jesus, He is "the firstborn of all creation"
Rev3:14 "The beginning of the creation of God"
This is the problem of tradition over scripture.
You assume any verse that happens to mention Father,Son and holy spirit together is affirming the trinity. You are reading trinitarian tradition into verses
TheCaledonianBoy 1 month ago
@stmarys1 Tradition is fine as long as it does not contradict scripture. Jesus condemned the Jews (religious leaders) because of their tradition that was not in line with scripture.
You mentioned a few scriptures to support the trinity and the only 1 that did this is not a part of the inspired word. 1 John 5:7.
This is an added verse that is not found in any manuscript before the 12th century. Most trinitarian translations do not include this spurious verse, as much as they would love to
TheCaledonianBoy 1 month ago