Church Council Controversy
cOURSE: ISSUES IN EARLY AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY
RESEARCH PAPER
Discuss the role of the church councils in shaping Christian doctrine, making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed.
11/11/2013
Discuss the role of church councils in shaping Christian doctrine, making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed.
When Christianity took hold in the Roman Empire, doctrine had yet to be fixed. There have been more than seven church councils, but these crucial first seven, known as the Ecumenical Councils, were the most important in establishing official church doctrine. The seven councils span a time period over four hundred years, with the first council in 325 CE and the seventh in 787 CE. AD. Their decisions …show more content…
These doctrines have helped us to understand life more and make life more of a worth. The doctrine of trinity is widely accepted and is central to a lot of Christians today. For example the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, all Reformation- founded Protestant churches (Lutheran, Reformed/Presbyterian, and Anglican), and a large majority of groups founded after the Reformation and calling themselves Protestant (such as Methodist, Baptist, most Pentecostals), with the exception of such groups as Unitarians, Oneness Pentecostals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses. The term “Trinity” is not found in the Bible and is a concept of Christianity that is not easy to grasp or explain. Yet most conservative, evangelical Bible scholars agree that the trinity doctrines is clearly expressed within scriptures. These are some of the verses expressing the concept of the Trinity - Matthew 3:16-17, Matthew 28:19, John 14:16-17, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Acts 2:32-33, John 10:30, John 17:11&21. For an in-depth study of the Trinity doctrine visit (Fairchild, 2013). The biblical Trinity doctrine is defined as follows: "There is only one God, made up of three distinct Persons who exist in co-equal, co-eternal communion as the Father, Son and Holy
RESEARCH PAPER
Discuss the role of the church councils in shaping Christian doctrine, making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed.
11/11/2013
Discuss the role of church councils in shaping Christian doctrine, making reference to at least one doctrine that was reformed.
When Christianity took hold in the Roman Empire, doctrine had yet to be fixed. There have been more than seven church councils, but these crucial first seven, known as the Ecumenical Councils, were the most important in establishing official church doctrine. The seven councils span a time period over four hundred years, with the first council in 325 CE and the seventh in 787 CE. AD. Their decisions …show more content…
These doctrines have helped us to understand life more and make life more of a worth. The doctrine of trinity is widely accepted and is central to a lot of Christians today. For example the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, all Reformation- founded Protestant churches (Lutheran, Reformed/Presbyterian, and Anglican), and a large majority of groups founded after the Reformation and calling themselves Protestant (such as Methodist, Baptist, most Pentecostals), with the exception of such groups as Unitarians, Oneness Pentecostals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses. The term “Trinity” is not found in the Bible and is a concept of Christianity that is not easy to grasp or explain. Yet most conservative, evangelical Bible scholars agree that the trinity doctrines is clearly expressed within scriptures. These are some of the verses expressing the concept of the Trinity - Matthew 3:16-17, Matthew 28:19, John 14:16-17, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Acts 2:32-33, John 10:30, John 17:11&21. For an in-depth study of the Trinity doctrine visit (Fairchild, 2013). The biblical Trinity doctrine is defined as follows: "There is only one God, made up of three distinct Persons who exist in co-equal, co-eternal communion as the Father, Son and Holy