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Why did people’s encounter with Jesus eventually end up with Christians believing that God is Trinity? In this video, we trace the first 400 years of Christians wrestling with one of the most important ideas of Christian theology. We explore the early heresies like Modalism and Subordinationism and trace the golden strand of Trinitarian thinking through the Bible and history. Why do Christians believe that God is a tri-unity? Three Persons in one. What even is the Trinity and how does it work? And why do Christians believe it is the most beautiful way to describe God? No Generative AI is used in any part of the production process. This video took 800 hours to make! Help fund our next video or join us on our journey to bring the History and Theology of Christianity to life. Become a partner: https://christianstory.com/give/ 📖 To go deeper into the video, download our free deep-dive dossier written by our researcher. It's completely free, no catch. Just good nerdy content. But please do consider a voluntary donation: https://christianstory.com/dossiers/Trinity 🔔 Subscribe for future episodes tracing 2,000 years of Christian History and Theology 📺 Full series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhpw2MeJIYceShUgiOzUV_AbPuKXCedg5 00:00-01:30 Intro 01:31-03:22 The first time “Trinity” is ever used 03:23-04:46 Modalism and why it’s a problem 04:47-06:16 How can Jesus be Son of God, and God? 06:16-06:47 What about the Spirit? 06:48-08:14 Tertullian’s pictures 08:15-10:00 Subordinationism and why it’s a problem 10:01-12:52 Why the Father didn’t exist before the Son 12:53-14:51 Why does this even matter? 14:52-15:26 Outro