by Michael J. Partyka

"Speaking as somebody who's actually read all or most of the extant writings of every single one of the ante-Nicene Church Fathers cited, I can tell you with absolute certainty that these ante-Nicene writers knew the doctrine of the Trinity or at least some of its key tenets very well. In fact, some of the very first apologetic defenses of the Trinity were written by these same Church Fathers!

"So not being one to let such a challenge go by, I decided to take a look back through all Id read before of the Fathers and see if I could find two things: (1) the source texts for the anti-Trinity quotes which the Watchtower used on its web site to support its anti-Trinity position, and (2) any evidence, preferably from the same texts used by the Watchtower, which would show each Church Fathers support for the doctrine of the Trinity, or at least his support for that critical tenet of the Trinity doctrine which says that Jesus Christ is of the same substance as the Father (i.e., that Jesus is truly God)."