Hardly...
Jesus told the Apostles that He and the Father are ONE...Jesus told the Apostles that He had to leave but the third part of the Trinity would come and take His place...
And they received the Holy Spirit...
The Apostle Paul spent 3 years with the Resurrected Jesus...And of course was filled with the Holy Spirit as well...
That's not tradition, that's Scripture...They not only knew of the Trinity, they wrote about it, often...
Where did your church fathers get the knowledge??? Apparently not from Scripture...Lucky guess???
“That’s not tradition, that’s Scripture...They not only knew of the Trinity, they wrote about it, often...
Where did your church fathers get the knowledge??? Apparently not from Scripture...Lucky guess???”
What is your stand on the hypostatic union? Is that a tenet of your faith? Where do you stand on Arianism?
The Church fathers were the ones who gave you what you believe if you are a Trinitarian. No one else. They used Scripture and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
BTW, the whole theology of the Catholic Church is Pauline.
Guess?
Answer: St. Paul