Rebecca,

Mods - please don't erase Rebecca's last post.

As has been stated before, there's nothing clear in Clement's writings that shows he believed in the same trinity you believe in today.

You're arguing now for Jesus' divinity, but we've discussed the LOGOS and how it was Philo's clear belief that the LOGOS was not "God", but instead "a god", a creation - even if it was the 1st creation. There's nothing in Clement's writings that refute Philo's take on the LOGOS, meaning we can see just as much evidence for a created LOGOS whose purpose was so that God (being Spirit only) could interract with the known Universe as we can find for your personal take. Actually, considering Philo and his belief in the LOGOS, there's more evidence against the Trinity than for it.

If James' church taught and believed in a Trinity, do you really, honestly think his church would have been tolerated or unmolested for so long? Gamaliel ruled that these guys could be set free. You think he'd rule on setting free a bunch of apostates who could entice others into their idolatry?

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"He who saves one life... it is as if he saves an entire universe. He who destroys a life... it is as if he destroys an entire universe"

TALMUD - Sanhedrin 4:5

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