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Originally Posted by UntoHim
The "doctrine of the Trinity" was formed very early in church history because it is all over the pages of the New Testament. The major teachings/doctrines/beliefs regarding the Trinity are central and core to the Christian faith. The "ground of the church" is, at best, a very minor, peripheral matter, which is why it is not addressed by the Lord Jesus, the scripture writing apostles or even the early church fathers. None of the early councils dealt with "the church ground" either.
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UntoHim makes a very important point here. Ground of locality apologists like to make a parallel between the way the Trinity is presented in the New Testament and the way locality is, suggesting that if these two matters are presented in similars ways and if the Trinity is accepted then by the same logic the local ground should be as well.
But if one suggests there is really such a similarity between the way these two matters are presented in the New Testament then one must answer as to why one (the Trinity) has become a foundational element of the Christian faith-- seen, taught and defended by virtually all Christians since the church Fathers, while the other (locality) has been almost completely ignored.
Seems to me then that they are not presented similarly at all.
Local grounders need to honestly ask themselves why has the local ground, which they claim to be so plainly presented in the Bible, passed virtually unseen by Bible scholars for 2000 years. I know the pat answer is that people are too attached to their own choices to receive the "truth" of the local ground. But that is the answer of a crank*.
* An annoyingly eccentric person ; also : one who is overly enthusiastic about a particular subject or activity.