User talk:HargisP

While the Fathers of the Church saw even Old Testament elements such as the appearance of three men to Abraham in Book of Genesis, chapter 18, as foreshadowings of the Trinity, it was the New Testament that they saw as a basis for developing the concept of the Trinity. The most influential of the New Testament texts seen as implying the teaching of the Trinity was Matthew 28:19, which mandated baptizing "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit". Genesis 18 not the foreshadowings of the Trinity. It is showing that God is always accompanied by two angels. Matthew 28:19 says NAME not names. Name suggest one name. Also Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are titles.