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It is accepted that pagan Greek culture, and especially Plato, had an important influ-
ence on the emergence of trinitarian belief. Plato and Aristotle can be seen in
Raphael's The School of Athens (1509-1510), in the Vatican.

tween the pagan Greek trinity of Zeus-Hera-Apollo and belief in the trin-
ity. Greek culture especially contained a large number of so-called father
god and son gods. Plato (d. 347 bce) formulated this threesome into vari-
ous trinities and maintained that these deities had a son (logos) and a

daughter (sophos). According to Plato, the so-called god, the logos and
the sophos constituted a trinity. Christianity adopted this pagan concept
of a trinity, as well as many other beliefs and practices that it still retains
today from the Greek culture or other pagan cultures. For that reason, it
moved away from the pure monotheistic religion brought by Prophet
Jesus (pbuh), which was the basis of the Mosaic Law.
Paula Fredriksen, author of From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the