Originally Posted by
jade84116
J Tertullian, Against Praxeas, 3, circ. 213 A.D., states: "The simple, indeed, (I will not call them unwise and unlearned,) who always cons***ute the majority of believers, are startled at the dispensation (of the Three in One), on the ground that their very rule of faith withdraws them from the world's plurality of gods to the one only true God...." That's right, absolute monotheism was the dominate view of early Christians up to circ. 213 A.D. not the Trinity as per the man that coined the term Trinity originally! Sorry, but there's no possible way to deny that!