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The Trinity in the Great Commission โ Matthew 28:19
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Matt 28:18-20 commissions the church to baptize "in the name (singular) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." One name, three persons: the baptismal formula is implicitly trinitarian.
Augustine โ On the Trinity, and Council of Nicaea โ Nicene Creed. Gregory of Nazianzus โ Theological Orations.
The baptism commanded here is unfolded theologically in Rom 6:3-4, and the abiding presence of 28:20 echoes the Immanuel of Matt 1:23. The triune name is the church's confession and its commission.
trinityecclesiologybaptismsacramentspatristics
Scripture
Matthew 28:18โ20
Romans 6:3โ4
Matthew 1:23
Citations
Augustine โ On the Trinity
417primary source
Council of Nicaea โ Nicene Creed
325magisterial
Gregory of Nazianzus โ Theological Orations
380primary source