The Earliest Known Uses of the Trinity

Many of us are aware that the Trinity is not specifically referred to in scripture, though it would eventually become accepted among all major branches of the Christian faith as an authentic interpretation of the role of the Threefold nature of God spoken of in scripture.

But when did the church begin to speak of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? It turns out it was led by a few Church Fathers (Patristics) who were trying to articulate the Threefold nature of God as they experienced in both the Old and New Testaments.

The first known use of the term was by Bishop Clement of Rome…