Unmasking the Trinity of Rome

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” John 8:32.

THE GODHEAD

The Bible clearly states that the eternal Godhead is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These Three Living Persons are eternal. Those who receive Christ by living faith are baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these Three Powers will work together in changing the character of the obedient subjects to reflect their own.

Consider these passages:

Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." NOTE: The plural forms "Let us" and "our" imply that God the Father was speaking to the Son and the Holy Spirit, who were each involved in the creation of all things, especially man.

Isaiah 48:16 "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me." NOTE: Both the Father and the Holy Spirit sent the Son.

Matthew 3:16-17 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: (17) And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." NOTE: Three separate places where three separate beings of the Godhead are found at the same time: the Father spoke from heaven, the Son was baptized on earth, and the Holy Spirit descended from heaven above earth.

Matthew 28:19 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:" NOTE: Three persons of the Godhead with each distict names: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." NOTE: Three different offices of the Godhead: Jesus gives grace, the Father loves, and the Holy Spirit gives communion.

Ephesians 4:3-6, 13 "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (4) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (5) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (6) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:" NOTE: Verse 3 begins with unity in Christ. And then says that man has a "bond of peace" with the (one) Spirit, the (one) Lord, and (one) God the Father.

1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." Verse 8 defines "these three are one" as "these three agree in one."

Another proof is found in the very first verse of the Bible which says that there is more than one person in the Godhead.

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

Strong's H430: 'ĕlôhı̂ym - el-o-heem'
Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.

Elohim = "Gods" (Plural means "more than one God")

Jesus is a perfect part of the Godhead.

Hebrews 1:8-9, "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." Notice the Father, who is God, calls His Son "O God." This verse confirms Jesus as a distinct Godhead member.

Amazingly, even the angels worship the Son and acknowledge that He is God.

Hebrews 1:6 "And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him."

This text shows Satan's problem in refusing to worship Jesus. Those who deny Jesus is God face a problem. Those who follow Satan won't worship Jesus.

Again, the Father and the Holy Spirit sent Jesus to the world as pointed out earlier in Isaiah 48:16. The truth is that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary with the child Jesus!

Luke 1:31-35 "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."

The Father with the Holy Spirit has anointed Jesus.

Acts 10:38 "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."

The Holy Spirit is part of the Godhead that created man in the beginning and was declared God by the Word.

Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Job 33:4 "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."

Acts 5:3-4 "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God."

That being said, it is very important to understand what the word "Trinity" really means.

THE TRINITY

The word Trinity must be defined correctly in it's proper context.

Webster's and Funk and Wagnall's define Trinity:

"The state or character of being three."
"Any union of three parts or elements in one..."
"A threefold consubstantial (sharing the same substance) personality existing in one Divine Being or substance."
"The union of one God of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three infinite persons."

The Catholic Encyclopedia states the doctrine of the Trinity...

THE DOGMA OF THE TRINITY
The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion -- the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another. Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." - Source: Newadvent.org

Catholic Answers.

DOGMA. That part of doctrine which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed.
DOCTRINE. All church teaching in matters of faith and morals. - Source: Catholic.com

IN SHORT: TRINITY does not mean that there are three Gods, but it means that there is only one God who is divided into three persons with the same substance, same authority, same power, same administrative tasks, gifts, and operations while forming only one single God; or one God divided into three parts.

This is where the 'god blob' theology comes from. In essence, one God with three heads as depicted by the iconic painting in 1570 regarding Trinity below:

Jerónimo Cósida (1570), The Holy Trinity
This piece of art is one of the few, and perhaps the most iconic to present the Trinity as “Christ with three faces.” Each face represents a person of the trinity. What it attempts to show is the sameness of the nature, but the difference in the person. This fresco famously provided the trinitarian logic triangle: the outer lines “non est” meaning, “is not the same as” and the inner lines “est” meaning, “is the same as.” Visually stunning, this piece is located in Spain. - Source- (See also other representations of trinity that was banned by Catholic church for obvious reason.)

TRINITY IN BABYLON

Interestingly, the Trinity belief was found in Babylon, India, Japan, etc according to Alexander Hislop:

The Two Babylons - 3 heads on one body

Figure 3: Babylonians has given a specimen of such a triune divinity, worshipped in ancient Assyria
Figure 4: The accompanying cut of such another divinity, worshipped among the Pagans of Siberia, is taken from a medal in the Imperial Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and given in Parson’s “Japhet.” The three heads are differently arranged in Layard’s specimen, but both alike are evidently intended to symbolize the same great truth, although all such representations of the Trinity necessarily and utterly debase the conceptions of those, among whom such images prevail, in regard to that sublime mystery of our faith. In India, the supreme divinity, in like manner, in one of the most ancient cave-temples, is represented with three heads on one body, under the name of “Eko Deva Trimurtti,” “One God, three forms.” In Japan, the Buddhists worship their great divinity, Buddha, with three heads, in the very same form, under the name of “San Pao Fuh.” - The Two Babylons, p. 17-18
“Will any one after this say that the Roman Catholic Church must still be called Christian, because it holds the doctrine of the Trinity? So did the Pagan Babylonians, so did the Egyptians, so do the Hindoos at this hour, in the very same sense in which Rome does.” - ibid, p. 90

CATHOLIC ADMISSION OF PAGAN ORIGIN:

“The formulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century… Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective” - New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, Vol. 14
Cardinal Newman admitted in his book the pagan origin adopted by the Catholic church:
"The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church. {374}" - An Essay on The Development of the Christian Doctrine John Henry "Cardinal Newman" p. 359
"Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. But this is the catholic faith: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in unity... So the Father is God: the Son is God: and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet there are not three Gods; but one God. So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say, there are three Gods, or three Lords. He therefore that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity." - The Athanasian Creed, quoted in History of the Christian Church, Volume 3, Section 132, page 690-693, by Philip Schaff
“In God there are three persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, equal in all perfections." - The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p 31 by Peter Geiermann, C.SS.R., Imprimatur - September 16, 1957

SDA CHURCH ADOPTION OF TRINITY

The historic SDA Church did not believe the doctrine of Trinity. The SDA Church pioneers never preached it but all agreed that it was that "old Trinitarian absurdity" perpeterated by Rome."

"But to hold to the doctrine of the Trinity is not so much evidence of evil intention as of intoxication from that wine of which all nations have drunk. The fact that it was one of the leading doctrines, if not the very chief, upon which the bishop of Rome was exalted to the popedom, does not say much in its favor. This should cause men to investigate it for themselves; as when the spirits of devils working miracles undertake the advocacy of the immortality of the soul. Had I never doubted it before, I would now probe it to the bottom, by that word which modern Spiritualism sets at nought." Source: RH July 6, 1869, R.F. Cotrell

Ellen G. White never preached it either up until her death in 1915. In fact, she left a warning that Satan will implement "great changes" within the church after her death that will lead to complete apostasy.

Let’s let the SDA church leadership verify this fulfillment with their very own words. And as you read their statements, ask yourself, would the SDA pioneers join the church of today with all these “changed” fundamental beliefs?

"Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join the church today if they had to subscribe to the the denomination's Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically, most would not be able to agree to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine of the Trinity. For Joseph Bates the Trinity was an unscriptural doctrine, for James White it was that "old Trinitarian absurdity," and for M. E. Cornell it was a fruit of the great apostasy, along with such false doctrines as Sundaykeeping and the immortality of the soul." - Ministry Magazine, October, 1993, p 10.

Every honest SDA members can verify that the Trinity, the "fruit of the great apostasy," was incorporated by the SDA church leadership into the new fundamental beliefs by consensus in 1931 but officially adopted by the General Conference in 1981.

Notice the Timeline:

1931: - The Fundamental Beliefs of the SDA was published in yearbook by consensus or without a vote with only 22 items of beliefs and inserted Trinity in belief #2.
1942: - Republished the Fundamental Beliefs of the SDA in yearbook by consensus or without a vote same as in 1931.
1946: - Editors LeRoy Edwin Froom and Roy Allen Anderson took E.G. White's statements out of context and purposely added "Trinity" to subtitles to promote the Trinity dogma in the compilation book Evangelism. Strangely enough, Froom wrote his book after returning from the Vatican. Ex-Jesuit priest Alberto Rivera testified on video that the SDA Church was infiltrated by the Jesuits to bring it back to Rome.
1958: - The Trinity was unofficially introduced into the Church when evangelicals Barnhouse and Martin requested the publication of Questions On Doctrine, which they planned to use in their book Kingdom of the Cults to call the SDA Church a "cult," until SDA leaders quickly changed their doctrines. This avoided being called a "cult," as Barnhouse and Martin would call all anti-Trinitarians.
1968: - The SDA Church officially joined the World Council of Churches and National Council of Churches, which require churches to affirm the Trinity in their beliefs.
1981: - Neal C. Wilson, SDA General Conference President, stated to the Dallas General Conference that the Church officially accepted the Trinity doctrine, making it #2 in its "27 Fundamental Beliefs." Wilson stated, "There is another universal and truly catholic organization, the Seventh-day Adventist Church," (Adventist Review, March 5, 1981, p. 3).

Remember this point! The dogma of Trinity, Sundaykeeping, and immortality of the soul or Spiritualism (which denies the divinity of Christ) were all products of the great apostasy of Rome.

More to come....

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