Has not the Christian doctrine of the Trinity a mythological origin?

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

No. Christ taught us this doctrine both implicitly and explicitly in giving us His revelation. And He definitely ordered His Apostles to baptize in the one Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost

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