E.W.Bullinger and the trinity doctrine

As a unitarian and a student of the bible, the reading of the Companion Bible by E.W.Bullinger brings with it a degree of frustration. E.W.Bullinger (Biography by Juanita Carey, copyright 1988, all right reserved, Published 1988. Printed in West Germany) was one of the foremost biblical scholars in the past few hundred years. Born 15th December 1837, he went on to write and publish some of the finset scholarly books on the bible ever.
Dr. V.P.Wierwille (founder and now deceased president of the biblical research and fellowship organisation, The Way International) once uttered at a meeting I attended that he understood that E.W.Bullinger though he wrote prolifically about the "trinity" in his writings, made the discovery in the latter part of his life that the trinity was not a biblically based truth. I have never been able to find any corroborating source for this statement until last week.
Below I copy some text from a web site (source reference is noted) which does just that. The statement of belief in the piece on the Bereans below is not shared by the author of this blog.

“About two months ago I received a small booklet in the mail from a friend who thought that I might be interested in what it had to say. I was. The booklet is titled Christ and Deity and was authored by a man named A. E. Knoch. He wrote it toward the end of the 19th century, and shows the clear distinctions between the Father and the Son. Now using Scripture only, and letting the Scriptures speak what they clearly have to say, it shows the roles in which they perfectly cooperate within their relationship in the unfolding drama of God's ongoing creation.
So persuasive was this booklet that E. W. Bullinger, the man who authored The Companion Bible, fell out of favor with nominal Christianity late in his life partly because he rejected the Trinity doctrine on the basis of Knoch's writings on this subject.”

From the Bereans web site.

http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/1508/Father-Son-Relationship-Part-1.htm

Our (the Bereans) Beliefs: God the Son



Jesus of Nazareth is the God of the Old Testament, the Christ, God incarnate, the prophesied Messiah, the Savior of mankind. He exists eternally with the Father, and all things were created through Him and for Him. Before His human birth, He revealed Himself to the patriarchs as "the Eternal" (YHWH) and by a variety of other names. He divested Himself of the majesty of His office to become human by means of birth to the virgin Mary. Though tempted in all points like other men, He lived sinlessly throughout His life, giving Himself to be crucified as the perfect atonement for mankind's transgressions of God's laws. after three days and three nights in the grave, He was resurrected as a divine spirit Being and ascended to the Father's right hand in heaven, becoming our High Priest, Advocate and Mediator before the Father. As such, He is technically the Dispenser of the Holy Spirit. He is now Head of the church, and shall return soon as King of kings and Lord of lords to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, sharing His rule with His resurrected brothers and sisters.

Scripture References:
John 1:1-3, 10, 14, 29-36; John 8:53-58; Colossians 1:13-20; John 3:16; Romans 5:8-9; Acts 2:33-35; John 15:26; John 16:7; Ephesians 4:7-8; I John 2:1-2; Hebrews 1:1-4; Hebrews 2:9-14; Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 9:11-15; Ephesians 1:19-23; Philippians 2:5-7; Matthew 12:40; I Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 5:9-10; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 19:11-16;

http://cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/About.belief/ID/3/God-Son.htm

First day at secondary (Middelbaar) school) for Orlaith

On Tuesday this week, the 19th of August 2008, Orlaith M.D.Bourke, our daughter started secondary school on her new bicycle. She is going to Het Baken "Trinitas", a school for Atheneum and Gymnasium. Orlaith will start as a "gymnasium" student. She has a big bag of school books to carry and she is still quite small for her age..... one morning this week with a full bag of books she lost her balance and fell over, thankfully at home in the kitchen and was helped to her feet by Vivienne, her mother. See picture of Orlaith on her bike on the morning she went to school...