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A:It appears likely that the Gnostic leader, Valentinus, was the first to formulate the concept of the Holy Trinity, early in the second century CE. His work, On the Three Natures, is mentioned by Marcellus of Ancryra, who said that the now-lost work discussed the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as three Persons of the Trinity.

Tertullian, who is believed to have been converted to Christianity by 197 CE, introduced the term Trinity to the Christian vocabulary and also probably the formula "three Persons, one Substance".

In all this time, the problem was that there is really no scriptural support for the Trinity, so it was a matter of persuasion and consensus whether this should become part of Christian doctrine. 1 John 5:7, known widely as the 'Johannine Comma', does refer indirectly to the concept of the Trinity: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." This was never in the early Greek manuscripts and appeared in the Latin translation of the fifth century, after the Trinity doctrine had been accepted by the Council of Nicaea.

The Holy Trinity, as a formal doctrine, was adopted by the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. However, the Church remained divided on the issue until Emperor Theodosius mandated belief in the Trinity in 381 CE.

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