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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya
Gospel texts established
through "majority vote" in the
councils
● The Trinity was first officially made part of Christianity
by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. This council took place
with the participation of the Roman Emperor Constantine.
The council was held for the following reasons:
❁ The Roman Empire’s expansion into lands where
Christianity had spread.
❁ Tensions had arisen between pagans and Christians be-
cause of that expansion and the Empire faced the threat of being di-
vided into two.
❁ The idea that a new belief, a synthesis between the old pagan
faith and the new Christianity, was needed if the Empire was not to be
divided in two, and for preparatory work to be done on this.
● As we have seen, it was assumed that conflict in pagan lands
could only be avoided if Christianity were changed. This council that
met in Nicaea decided that the solution to internal conflict was for the
idea of the Trinity to be added to the Gospel. That decision was du-
ly implemented.
● The four Gospels espousing the idea of the Trinity
were declared to be completely reliable at
the council.
● Apart from a few preserved
handwritten manuscripts, other
gospels espousing strictly
monotheistic belief were de-
nounced as "heretical" and
burned.
● Those people who es-
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