[Kolokotronis]

"LOL! Maybe he'd be better off reading Tertulian, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine on the Trinity???"

+Ambrose would be OK.

"Where, then, the grace of the Spirit is asserted, is that of God the Father of of the Only-Begotten Son denied? By no means; for as the Father is in in the Son, and the Son in the Father, so, too, "the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, Who hath been given us" (Rom. 5:5). And as he who is blessed in Christ is blessed in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, because the Name is one and the Power one; so, too, when any divine operation, whether of the Father, or of the Son, or of the Holy Spirit, is treated of it is not referred only to the Holy Spirit, but also to the Father and the Son, and not only to the Father, but also to the Son and the Spirit."

COE doesn't offer any courses on Tertullian or +Augustine. :)

[jo kus]

I've been reading a book that traces out the time frame from the Apostles to the Bishops. It is interesting that despite Tertulian's displeasure with the laxity of morals within the Catholic Church of 200 AD, he was very orthodox on such matters as the Trinity. I would say a number of Fathers who followed later on utilized his thoughts.

As for St. Augustine, he does follow the Latin tradition of St. Ambrose on the Trinity. Of course, it differs from the Eastern tradition on the Trinity. But it doesn't hurt to know both traditions, now does it, Kolokotronis?