...the rest of those charges can be laid at the feet of gnosticism but not Trinitarian doctrine. For (probably) the best defense of the "self-contained ontological Trinity" against Hegel's (ancient) ideas, see Cornelius Van Til - free courses available at [Reformed Forum](https://reformedforum.org)
On the Trinity, see John Owen's [Brief Vindication](https://ccel.org/ccel/owen/trinity/trinity.i.html)
For a brief response regarding Hellenism, see Michael Horton's [Hellenistic or Hebrew?](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Hellenistic-or-Hebrew-Open-Theism-and-Reformed-Horton/8fc416fd8bf9c04b4f98af616d738a9e585f2a6d)
I don't see how Hegel comes into play at all. The Gnostics were dealt with soundly by Irenaeus.
Discussion
who do you reckon is responsible for the massive decline in the west while there was a church on every corner?
The many, vs the few
who would be the few in this?
im just saying the church has done nothing to arrest these degenerative trajectories and in some cases seems to have clearly contributed ... and it also seems to be accelerating with latest jesuit install?
is the body still a body without a head?