No, but thought about it did. From what i discern from scripture , God and His spirit are one being. How could they not be? I and my spirit are one. But, I and my wife are one. I can guarantee you we are different.bjs wrote:We have direct talk about the trinity from Tertullian (155 – 240 AD).brianbbs67 wrote: You are fooling yourself to believe a trinity doctrine existed before Nicea. There are 3. Father, son of Man, and Holy Ghost. They appear to be quite different characters by the bible accounts. And by the Son of man.
In Adversus Praxean he wrote, “We define that there are two, the Father and the Son, and three with the Holy Spirit, and this number is made by the pattern of salvation . . . [which] brings about unity in trinity, interrelating the three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are three, not in dignity, but in degree, not in substance but in form, not in power but in kind. They are of one substance and power, because there is one God from whom these degrees, forms and kinds devolve in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
Almost a century before Nicea we see explicit statements about the trinity. Tertullian didn't just use Trinitarian formulas like Irenaeus did. He actually said that God is a trinity and described the God who is one in substance but three in form. Does this at least convince you that the doctrine of the trinity existed long before Nicea?
Christ is one with God. I try to be. We are not the same as God as Christ emphasized. We all carry the breath of God or we would not be. Would that make us a part of Him? Yes, in a very minor way. Would that make us Him? No