Erroneous Views of the Trinity (3 of 3 notes)

Part Three
Theology Proper: 20 THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

3. That it is a Created Trinity.

This was the view of Arius. He taught that God the Father was the only divine being who was absolutely without beginning. The Father created the Son and the Holy Spirit out of nothing as the first act of creation. The Son is called God because He is the direct offspring of God and has been endowed with divine power to create. This view is apparently based upon a statement like Colossians 1:15: “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.” However, the term firstborn is a title of inheritance and the context does not permit the interpretation that this One who is called the firstborn was Himself created. Rather, He is before all created things and all of these things were created by Him. This excludes Him from the category of created things.

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