A quotation by William J. Abraham from Reclaiming the Great Tradition that addresses the attack on the Trinity that is occurring in the West:
The deep issue facing us in the West is not just an attack on the Trinity but a wider attempt to create new canonical material. We should be alerted to this by the fact that the doctrine of the Trinity expressed in the Nicene Creed was not just an option applauded by the church: it was an option formally adopted by the whole church and made binding for future generations. The rule of faith was developed alongside the canon of the New Testament to preserve the riches of the Christian heritage and ultimately to make possible the salvation of our souls. In and around this material the church also canonized the Chalcedonian definition, a network of liturgical practices, an iconographic tradition, a list of teachers or fathers, a system of episcopal oversight and various disciplinary canons for organizing the life of the community. The point of these canonical materials and practices is not to furnish us with a theory of knowledge but to initiate us into the kingdom of God. They are gifts of the Holy Spirit to create in us the mind of Christ and to make us truly holy. In and through them we are to become by grace what Christ was by nature. Their purpose is soteriological. Hence these gifts cannot be properly received and used without humility, repentance and faith on the one side and without a profound immersion in the life of the Holy Spirit on the other. Through this process we are intended to come to know the true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.