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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5246887, member: 110504&quot;]Terrific link, [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] --didn&#039;t just bookmark it; keeping it tabbed for a while.</p><p>Regarding the origins of Trinitarianism, as [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] mentioned, your link reminded me of further developments in the 4th century.&nbsp; Constantius II was Arian (denying the divinity of Jesus), while Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, was Trinitarian.&nbsp; Athanasius had to go into exile for a while in Aksum.&nbsp; Constantius sent an emissary there, trying to get him extradited.&nbsp; The Aksumites&#039; response was effectively, &#039;Nuh-uh.&#039;&nbsp; ...From the 5th century, Aksum adopted a form of Monophysitism, qualifying or denying the full <i>humanity </i>of Jesus.&nbsp; That always struck me as an understandable overreaction to the opposite end of the theological spectrum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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