Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Daniel B. Stevick on Matthew 28:19

  

The triadic formula given in Matthew 28:19 names the fullness of God. The wording in Matthew 28:19 should not be described as “trinitarian,” for the term trinity does not enter the Christian vocabulary until the late second century, and its definition developed after the term came into use. (Daniel B. Stevick, By Water and the Word: The Scriptures of Baptism [New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 1997], 165-66)