Originally Posted by Robin
It doesn't require deduction to conclude that the bible teaches the Tri-unity of God.

To put it allegorically, if a passage says
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all normal dogs have four legs
And another says,
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Spot is a normal dog
Then it is necessarily true that Spot has four legs. The facts are contained in the book without any need for "deduction." Reformed Baptists are Trinitarian because the Scriptures contain all the statements that make His tri-unity necessarily true.
Sorry, but that illustration is the very definition of a deduction. Without deduction the statement would have to be propositional... Spot is a normal dog with four legs. One de facto MUST deduce that Spot is a normal dog because he has four legs. I have never heard nor read anyone throughout history who has not agreed that the doctrine of the Trinity is clearly deduced from Scripture and must be because there is no single propositional statement that teaches it. THIS is what the WCF means by "by good and necessary consequence may be deduced". It doesn't mean that a person adds to Scripture what isn't there. And likewise, one doesn't ignore nor remove from Scripture what is there in order to justify one's personal beliefs. All Credobaptists I have known over the years have agreed with WCF I:VI. You are the very first to raise a question about its verity. scratchchin

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