Matthew does have a “higher” Christology, but how does that mesh with Luke, Mark and John? Can we perhaps notice some patterns in when different gospels were likely written, and how there’s clear evidence of escalation in the claims about what Jesus was, as the texts get further and further away from his actual life?
If the Trinity and Jesus’s divinity are so clearly established in the text, why did it take centuries to come to an agreement on what Christ’s divine nature was? The gospels contradict each other.
The divinity of Jesus was affirmed at the first
Council of Nicea in 325ad. 3 people out of the 318 attendants denied Jesus’ divinity. It was already a consensus, the council was just to solidify it. It was hardly considered debatable. That’s like claiming that “If the bald eagle was America’s national bird since 1776, then why did it only get solidified in law in 2024”. The bald eagle wasn’t invented as the national bird in 2024, it was simply made official.
Matthew 28:19
Name is singular, and He is equating the Son and the Holy Spirit to the Father who is clearly God. Jesus also claims to be God numerous times.
Matthew does have a “higher” Christology, but how does that mesh with Luke, Mark and John? Can we perhaps notice some patterns in when different gospels were likely written, and how there’s clear evidence of escalation in the claims about what Jesus was, as the texts get further and further away from his actual life?
If the Trinity and Jesus’s divinity are so clearly established in the text, why did it take centuries to come to an agreement on what Christ’s divine nature was? The gospels contradict each other.
The divinity of Jesus was affirmed at the first Council of Nicea in 325ad. 3 people out of the 318 attendants denied Jesus’ divinity. It was already a consensus, the council was just to solidify it. It was hardly considered debatable. That’s like claiming that “If the bald eagle was America’s national bird since 1776, then why did it only get solidified in law in 2024”. The bald eagle wasn’t invented as the national bird in 2024, it was simply made official.