The History & Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity

This book is fascinating, because the author isn’t dispelling the Trinity from a Biblical viewpoint, but rather, he shows the evolution of the Trinity from a historical viewpoint. The reader comes to understand the political factions involved and how the Trinity came to be so widely accepted. It’s truly a remarkable read, and I appreciate the extensive study that was necessary to bring this amazing and well laid-out resource to us.

This book is a must if you don’t understand the trinity!

Well written, excellent information for every minister and layman who wants in-depth understanding if the New Testament. A must read.

This is a scholarly book that is written for a wide-ranged audience. Steven methodically walks the reader through a timeline that spans from Alexander the Great to Constantine the Great and beyond.As quoted in the book, “history is written by the victors”. It is the story of the victorious that resound the loudest and carry the furthest. However, what if the victors are corrupt? What if the stories of the wicked were twisted to depict heroism? History then becomes skewed rather than true. Steven uncovers the truth as it pertains to the doctrine of the trinity by explaining how culture and politics had its effects on the Judeo-Christian people of each generation.

The layout of information made this book easy to read. I definitely recommend. Some may be surprised by the amount of pagan garbage that has been fed to the “church”. I am glad to see another bright mind in the Apostolic ranks putting information in print for the masses. The Apostolic message is so important for the world. We are underrepresented in the scholarship arena. Thank you brother Gill for following after the Spirit.

If you're a trinitarian you will not like this book. What I found most interesting and enjoyable is that this is not the typical apologetic on trinitarian supposed proof texts. It's a history of the background and development of belief thoughts beginning with Alexander the Great, Greeks, Hellenists, Romans, Christians, and Judaism. Fascinating read. The adoption of trinitarian theology has an incredible history that you will not here in Sunday school.

This book made me cry because it's sad to realize that I have been lied to my whole life regarding the doctrine of the trinity. However, I cannot be that upset because I believe that my church traditions were just ignorant to this fact. It is my prayer that their eyes will open to know that the trinity doctrine is a lie from hell. Modern Christians will forever deny their belief in three gods, but they mask their three gods behind the notion that no one can ever understand it, or it's a mystery that God is 3 in 1.

I really appreciate this book. It was well written, appears to have been well researched, was easy to read and was extremely interesting. I picked it up as part of a study I am doing myself on the development of the doctrine of the trinity and found this book to be helpful to that end. However, I am not a oneness Pentecostal and I could tell from the start (once I figured out it was written from that perspective) that the gist of the argument is: Greek culture influenced the church, they believed weird stuff, ipso facto we got the Trinity from Greek philosophy. While it is a philosophical problem it IS still a problem and that is the problem of the One and the Many, which the doctrine of the trinity solves. The book makes the case that "trinity" is not a Biblical doctrine because that word isn't in the Bible. I have heard the same argument used against the doctrine of the "rapture" but even more relevant: what about the Hypostatic Union, it seems Oneness Pentecostals do hold to the belief that Jesus is fully God and fully man, but there's no direct vocabulary to that end in the Bible, no settled doctrine, etc. Just because technical words aren't used is not a strong argument against something. Now, the point that Jesus said to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and Acts records folks baptizing in the name of Jesus is interesting, not a proof text to no trinity but certainly interesting.Final thought: in the coda essay on Michael Servetus, he gives a quote from him (pg 360) that quotes Isaiah 9:6 but leaves out a key element. The quote just says "unto us a child is born" but the fuller quote is "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given," this IS a trinitarian statement regarding the eternality of the Sonship of Jesus Christ, the child was born, not the Son, the Son always existed as the second person of the Trinity.Mr. Gill has a gracious tone and is not condescending or anything of that nature. I would highly recommend the book. I guess it would have been more interesting if it also took on the debate from the Bible of the early councils that helped to reach the trinitarian conclusions, but, nevertheless, thanks for this contribution to enhancing our understanding of the development of a key teaching of much of Christianity.