Page 59 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

fluence of Greek philosophy in the Gospel According to John is very
obvious.

● Various other Gospels and passages from these Gospels that
would later be dismissed by the Church as fabrications were for a long
time thought of as valid. These were accepted for a long time, and any-
one claiming they were false was promptly excommunicated.
● For example, in the Fourth Century one Christian sect recog-
nized 23 books in the Gospel, while a few centuries later that same
sect recognized 27.

New sects that emerged due to

contradictions, illogicalities and
discrepancies regarding the Trinity

● Following the decision to include the Holy Spirit as one mem-

ber of the three-in-one, the debates and disagreements over the Trini-
ty increased still further.
● As a result of these debates, the idea emerged that the Holy
Spirit should appear both from the Father and from the Son. The con-
cept of filioque, meaning "from the son," was thus added to the doc-
trine of the Trinity.
● For that reason, and because of other problems that arose later,
the Church of Rome divided into two parts, Catholic and Orthodox,
in 1054.
● The Catholic Church, which accepted filioque (as well as the
Protestant Church that would later break away from it) believed that
the Holy Spirit emerged from both the Father and the Son, making
the already confusing belief in the Trinity even more complex.

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