The Encyclopedia Americana (1956) on the Trinity in Early Christianity

 

@In The Encyclopedia Americana we read: “Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.”—(1956), Vol. XXVII, p. 294L.

Someone at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nontrinitarianism/References took issue with this and added"

"is deceptive misquote because it projects the false impression that The Encyclopedia Americana are saying that early Christian teaching" was not Trinitarian, and this person added:

"For the early Christian belief that Jesus was divine, the Son of God, and that as the risen, glorified Messiah or Lord, He was now at the right hand of God: required the use of theistic language." (Encyclopedia Americana, Trinity, p116)

Reply: There is nothing about this page 116 quote that changes anything. I can believe that Jesus was divine and not God almighty. The angels are divine after all. The appellation "Son of God" indicates a separateness from God, as does any glorification and seating arrangement.  

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