A Triune Godhead is more likely revealed by the Bible than a single God entity

While neither of us consent to the others view of history this will allow for us to stay on task for the resolution. My opponent has yet to post a positive argument against the resolution so there will be no rebuttals on my end. I will repost my positive argument while adding some clarifying pieces and he will post his in the final round. The Historical view will be dealt with in the comments section: <<< DISCLAIMER – Much of this will be new to the protestant viewpoints. Please bear with the teachings and analogies used by the Early Church Fathers and the General Catechism. <<< The Triune Concept of God is taught in Scripture. Many cults/sects point to the fact that "the Trinity is never stated or even outlined within the scripture". The claim we will see is false. The concept of the Trinity was laid out on the Genesis account. I have already made the positive argument that the NT writers did not need to "detail" out the Trinity because they merely pointed to already existing OT scripture. I have posted links to early Church Fathers that do the same as I have posted with the scriptures in the first three rounds. St. Gregory and John Chrysostom I will post them again for review: . http://www.newadvent.org... XI . http://www.newadvent.org... 12 Again the Layout (referencing the two works above and the Catholic Catechism below): -Adam was formed, then Eve was begotten from a "component substance" of Adam. Adam and Eve share the same substance, they are consubstantial. Eve and Adam came together and a child proceeded from their "communion". That child is also of the same substance and is consubstantial. Adam and Eve became "Echad". This is a hebrew word and concept relating two into one. We also see this in Deuteronomy directly referencing God as One. Shema, Yisroel. Adonai Elihanu. Adonai Echad. – Hear O, Israel, The Lord your God. The Lord is "One". << Same concept, my son and wife are nothing less "human" than I am>>> I will point to the descriptions used by NOT JUST St. Gregory "The Theologian" or John Chrysostom (who were never excommunicated for teaching what I am showing here in this first argument) but by the Catholic Church's Catechism quoting St. Augustine, St Gregory and Others. . http://www.catholicity.com... 254 "It is the Father who generates, the Son who is begotten, and the Holy Spirit who proceeds. "88 248 - The Western tradition expresses first the consubstantial communion between Father and Son, by saying that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (filioque). 264 "The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father as the first principle and, by the eternal gift of this to the Son, from the communion of both the Father and the Son" The communion with Christ and His Bride in the NT is not a sexual reference nor is the Father and the Son's communion that causes the procession of the Holy Spirit. <<< How is Adam and Eve linked. To address my opponents earlier concern that there is nothing "linking" the three persons within the "family" unit, ignoring the concept of the mystical "link" believed by the Majority of Christians (Catholics, Episcopalians, Orthodox, etc) that exist in communion between the bride of Christ and Christ himself…. …We can certainly look to a protestant understanding of the family. Is there not a link between a righteous family that is more than just individuals and the human race at large? Is there not something that causes a love a mother for the father and child and vice versa on all counts…. . Would this just be firing neurons as the biologists state? Or is LOVE something that is existential but not perceptible? (ignoring the fallen world concept that causes breaks in these bonds. .. ) Now to anyone that states this Genesis description is not a "shadow" metaphor like the sacrificial lamb, I merely point you to… The Bride of Christ and Paul's clear statements and implications: Ephesians 5:29-32 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body,[d] of His flesh and of His bones. 31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. "[e] 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Jesus Christ left the Father and became "echad" or one flesh, with His Mystical bride the Church as constantly referenced in the NT. This concept was taught by Paul and laid out in the OT Genesis account, which Paul referenced directly, on how the Triune God functions and how the Mystical body functions. The word for Mystery is the Greek Musterion . http://www.searchgodsword.org... 1. hidden thing, secret, mystery a. generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals b. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding c. a hidden purpose or counsel 1. secret will 1c d. of men 1c e. of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly This directly shows that Paul pointed to the Genesis account as a shadow event, while pointing to musterion in that only the righteous would have a full understanding of these mysteries. Without a 60 page term paper I leave it at that as proof that the Genesis account does indeed shadow the Trinity and how God functions. This is a fundamental foundation of the understanding of the Triune God throughout the rest of the Bible. <<<< NT Scriptures showing the Qualities of God referred to each of the Triune Persons of God. When we look to the NT we see things that at first blush looked ambiguous, but with our newfound understanding of the teachings of the Genesis account and the understanding of the Church fathers that came before us, also realizing how each can share the same essence of Maximally Supreme Deity, lets look at these NT verses: Jesus Is God - John 1:1-2, 14 & John 20:28 The Father is God – Philipians 1:2 The Holy Spirit is God – Acts 5:3-4 How about the coequal power of creation? The Father has this ability in Isa 64:8, 44:24 Jesus has this ability in John 1:3 The Spirit has this ability in 1:15-17 <<<<< In summary we can see that the Bible is replete with "Shadow" Teachings that are understood by the authors of the NT and we even see concepts carried into the NT like the Bride of Christ, the Serpent of Satan etc… When this is fully understood as a "Musterion" teaching as Christianity has mysteries… not "things that can never be known" as my opponent suggests, but as things that God will only reveal full understanding of to the righteous. 1)The Trinity is detailed out in the Creation account 2)We see the understanding of consubstances of Humankind reflecting the consubstance of the Triune God. 3)Paul uses the creation account to explain how Christ interacts with His "Bride",by leaving the father and cleaving to his bride, and this bride who is of his same body "Echad"/one flesh with Christ…. 4)We see just a sampling of passages where all persons are called God and given the omniscient and omnipotent ability of a "perfect" creation. 5)These interpretations are sound and more accurate than any others as that they are the Historical interpretations of the Church as I have cited, St Gregory "The Theologian", John Chrysostom, St. Augustine and the Catholic Catechism