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Is a belief in the Trinity Doctrine neccessary for salvation?

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Do you have to be a Trinitarian to be a Christian?  

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  1. 1. Do you have to be a Trinitarian to be a Christian?

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Mudcat

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There are a lot of differing faiths, that take the name of Christ.

The majority of those faiths share a belief in the Trinity.

There are some faiths that have truth claims of Christianity, but do not believe in the Trinity.

Do you feel it is necessary to believe in the Trinity to obtain Salvation? If so, what is your Scriptural precedent for such a belief.

I would posit the same question to any that may feel you can be saved without a belief in the Trinity.

Respectfully,

Mudcat

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I voted yes, although I don't believe that you have to understand the Trinity to have salvation. I also believe that many well meaning faithful Christians who have a deep faith in Christ as their Lord but have been taught incorrectly about who He is will find salvation and in the end will be saved by their Lord. In fact they may have been told they don't believe in the Trinity when in actuality they Do believe in the Trinity. We have two choices, either Christ was God or we are praying to multiple God's and are polytheists, much like the Hindu's who have multiple God's. To pray to anyone but God is blaspheme, thus if we pray to Christ directly and He is not God, but some sort of "lesser" being we are now in the position of worshipping two God's.

My yes vote was mainly to affirm that this IS who Christ is, and if you don't know who Christ is it is a pretty big problem.

The places that reject the Trinity such as the Mormons and the JW's always seem to slide into very weird doctrines.

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There are a lot of differing faiths, that take the name of Christ.

The majority of those faiths share a belief in the Trinity.

There are some faiths that have truth claims of Christianity, but do not believe in the Trinity.

Do you feel it is necessary to believe in the Trinity to obtain Salvation? If so, what is your Scriptural precedent for such a belief.

I would posit the same question to any that may feel you can be saved without a belief in the Trinity.

Respectfully,

Mudcat

There are many Christian Brethren following those beliefs such as Apostolic, Jesus Only, some Holiness, Messianic though I'm not sure all do, but they are our brethren. Do I agree with them in doctrine? No, but God looks on all our ignorance of His word in different areas of our walk with him and His grace is sufficient.

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I voted "yes" because there should be some clarification:

Strictly speaking "doctrine" refers to the tenets of "the faith," which is the Christian faith corporately as a religion. So there is no single doctrine which can offer salvation. Doctrines pertain to aspects of our faith. The Trinity doctrine is not explicitly taught in the Bible, yet the Bible reveals the divine Trinity. Therefore the doctrine of the Trinity is an article of "the faith."

Now, if you're talking about individual salvation then the answer is definitely "no."

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It is a VERY hard doctrine to really understand and even then I don't think we ever get a grasp of it.

For me the key is that Christ IS our Lord, and we cannot have two or three Lord's, but only one. To worship multiple God's breaks the very first Commandment. The bible says that Christ made the earth by His Word.

If you pray to Christ you believe in the Trinity, if you are baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as scripture says you believe in the Trinity, even if you think you don't!

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Accepting Jesus as your Savior is the beginning, the first step. Once saved and sealed with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit will then bring to the saved, understanding of His word. I voted no, for salvation is a personal matter, not a doctrinal one at that point.

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Just like to add that the issue of the trinity kind of boils down to the divinity and eternal nature of CHRIST.

I am not convinced that you must believe it, but I am convinced that it is.

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Accepting Jesus as your Savior is the beginning, the first step. Once saved and sealed with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit will then bring to the saved, understanding of His word. I voted no, for salvation is a personal matter, not a doctrinal one at that point.

Hi One Light,

Emphasis Mine. I don't know if I can fully agree with that statement. If the Spirit of Truth, leads us to an understanding of his word. It is my opinion that, a lot of people don't necessarily get to realization of the Trinity. I am thinking more to modalism here, but I suppose if I believe that modalism gets a 'free pass' so to speak... I might be being unfair to say that some equally aberrant thought like Tri-theism wouldn't. The subject itself may be thread worthy, at least in that there are many who claim Christ, but it seems either they are not following the Spirit of Truth or the Holy Spirit doesn't speak on the matter. But if you and I are willing to say we think you don't have to believe the Trinity to be saved, does that necessarily mean God will reveal that truth to you as you study his word?

Respectfully,

Mudcat

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Accepting Jesus as your Savior is the beginning, the first step. Once saved and sealed with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit will then bring to the saved, understanding of His word. I voted no, for salvation is a personal matter, not a doctrinal one at that point.

Hi One Light,

Emphasis Mine. I don't know if I can fully agree with that statement. If the Spirit of Truth, leads us to an understanding of his word. It is my opinion that, a lot of people don't necessarily get to realization of the Trinity. I am thinking more to modalism here, but I suppose if I believe that modalism gets a 'free pass' so to speak... I might be being unfair to say that some equally aberrant thought like Tri-theism wouldn't. The subject itself may be thread worthy, at least in that there are many who claim Christ, but it seems either they are not following the Spirit of Truth or the Holy Spirit doesn't speak on the matter. But if you and I are willing to say we think you don't have to believe the Trinity to be saved, does that necessarily mean God will reveal that truth to you as you study his word?

Respectfully,

Mudcat

The question was, and still is, "Do you feel it is necessary to believe in the Trinity to obtain Salvation?", which you asked, and I answered. The rest is your assumption of what I meant about the Holy Spirit bring to the saved an understanding of His word. I never said what that understanding was. As for me, I had no idea of a trinity when I accepted Jesus as my Savior, yet I am saved.

Maybe you should start another thread on the beliefs of an Modalist?

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I had no idea of a trinity when I accepted Jesus as my Savior, yet I am saved.

True.

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