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The Bible assumes the reality of God and is not occupied with speculation about the nature of God. The Bible is concerned primarily with God’s self-revelation and the appropriate human response.
Many verses in Scripture speak of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit’s work in human affairs.
There were many significant councils that discussed issues surrounding the meaning of the Trinity. Nicea (325) said that Christ is of the same substance as the Father. Constantinople (381) said that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are of the same substance. Chalcedon (451) said that the human and divine are united in Christ, that Christ is one “persona” in two natures.
Four 16th-century Anabaptist views of the Trinity and Christology.
The South German-Austrian Anabaptism of Hans Denck and Hans Hut: These men were heavily influenced by Medieval mysticism, saw no radical distinction between the natural and supernatural, and focused on the potential capacity of human beings to participate in divine nature.
The Hutterian Anabaptism of Austria and Moravia: The doctrine of God was understood primarily in terms of its moral and ethical implications for human behavior and was framed in terms of the concern for moral perfection within a separate community where all things were to be held in common.
The North German-Dutch Anabaptism, represented by Menno Simons: Menno’s Christology was connected to his view of conversion (soteriology) and the church (ecclesiology). Menno held to a “heavenly flesh” view of Christ, the view that Christ’s humanity and “flesh” came from heaven and were in no way contaminated by Mary’s fallenness. Based on this view, he taught that believers and the church are the holy body.
Marpeck: Marpeck maintained not only the full divinity and humanity of Christ but also the essential unity of the spiritual and human in individual believers and in the Body of Christ, the church.
Summary: Most Anabaptists tried to affirm the orthodox teachings of Scripture and the councils while grappling with the effects of these teachings on the way believers lived. Marpeck’s understanding of the Trinity and Christology reduced the perfectionist tendencies of Anabaptism. We need to avoid several ditches: make the Trinity out to be one, such as only Jesus; emphasize the divine and spiritual and perfection at the expense of the human and the process of sanctification; emphasize the human and human ceremonies and rules and fail to emphasize the power of the risen and present Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.