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There are several 'doctrines' depending upon the branch of 'Christianity' one professes. For example same claim the Resurrection is central while others the Trinity concept - arguably the former is key while the latter is not nearly as clear per The Bible and is unsupported in Scripture.


Millard Erickson, research professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wrote that the Trinity "is not clearly or explicitly taught anywhere in the Scripture (Bible), yet it is widely regarded as a central doctrine, indispensable to the Christian faith. In this regard, it goes contrary to what is virtually an axiom of biblical doctrine, namely, that there is a direct correlation between the scriptural clarity of a doctrine and the cruciality to the faith and life of the church.


"In view of the difficulty of the subject and the great amount of effort expended to maintain this doctrine, we may well ask ourselves what might justify all this trouble" (God in Three Persons: A Contemporary Interpretation of the Trinity, 1995, p.12).



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