Triune God Quotes
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus. Though first coined by Theophilus of Antioch in A.D. 180, Tertullian was the first to clearly explain what is now considered a fundamental Christian doctrine by most Christian Sects. The word itself or its concept never appears in the New Testament. It was not a part of early Christianity or of early CHristian theology.
Even in free America, Allen had a very difficult time getting this work printed because it was so controversial culturally and religiously. However, there was a large population of Unitarians in America at the time and Allen’s view was not that unusual. Some of the founding fathers like Adams and Jeffersion were deists who not only did not believe in the trinity but questioned the divinity of Christ.