The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Ante Nicene Fathers
The doctrine of the Trinity in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
The true unborn God
The birth of the Son from the Father (the relationship between them)
Holy Spirit (ignorance or creation)
Polytheism (worship of one God with multiple persons)
Subordinationism
Parents list:
Justin Martyr (unborn, birth of the Son, Holy Spirit, degradation)
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons (unborn, Holy Spirit, degeneration)
Clement of Alexandria (The Unborn, The Holy Spirit)
Theophilus of Antioch (the Unbegotten, the Son’s Birth, the Holy Spirit)
Tertullian Africanus (The Unborn, The Birth of the Son, Decline)
Origen of Alexandria (unbegotten, birth of the Son, Holy Spirit, degeneration)
Novatian the Roman (unbegotten, begotten of the Son, Holy Spirit, debasement)
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- Page 33 – Quoting: Justin Martyr (يوستينوس الشهيد)
📘 From: الحوار مع تريفو (Dialogue with Trypho)
Arabic Highlight:
“وأما الله فقد وُلد، أو قال بأنه يمكن أن يولد، فهو غير تقي ولا يعرف الله، بل هو ملحد.”
Translation:
“As for anyone who says that God was born, or that He can be born — he is impious, does not know God, and is truly an atheist.”
✅ Summary: Justin Martyr affirms that God is unbegotten and those who say otherwise are ignorant of God and blasphemous.
- Page 36 – Quoting: Justin Martyr
📘 From: الحوار مع تريفو
Arabic Highlight:
“هذا الذي علّمه لنا المسيح، وظهر لنا، هو الحقيقة، وأُعطي لنا كأول ما يُولد من الله…”
Translation:
“This one, whom Christ has taught us about and appeared to us, is the truth, and was given to us as the first-born from God…”
✅ Summary: Christ is described as the “first-born” from God, reflecting early Logos theology but not yet full Trinitarian doctrine.
- Page 38 – Quoting: Justin Martyr
📘 From: الدفاع الأول (First Apology)
Arabic Highlight:
“ابن الله وحده دُعي ابناً بالمعنى الحقيقي، لأنّه الكلمة الأول، الموجود مع الله، وهو إله.”
Translation:
“The Son of God alone is truly called Son in the real sense, because He is the First Word, who exists with God, and He is God.”
with God
- Page 48 – Quoting: Tatian (تاتيان السوري)
📘 From: خطاب إلى اليونانيين (Oration to the Greeks)
Arabic Highlight:
“لم يكن الكلمة في البدء، كان في الله، لكونه عقل الله الداخلي، وعندما خلق الله، خرج من داخله ككلمة.”
Translation:
“The Word was not in the beginning [as separate], He was in God, as God’s inner Reason (Logos), and when God created, He came forth from within as Word.”
✅ Summary: Tatian describes the Logos as emerging at creation, not eternal as a separate Person — a concept the Church later condemned as heretical.
