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The belief in the Trinitarian God belongs to the decisive characteristics of Christianity, developed in the course of its first centuries. It distinguishes Christian faith in a distinctive manner from Jewish belief in the one God and departs in another way also from pagan veneration of many gods. Christian faith in the Trinitarian God can therefore be described as a specific modification of Jewish monotheism, based on the perception of Jesus Christ as God's decisive revelation. In order to take this process into sharper focus, this chapter begins with a look at the earliest traces of faith in the Trinitarian God in New Testament texts. One should speak with Larry Hurtado of a "binitarian monotheism" because the early Christians did not regard Jesus as a "second God" nor as an angelic figure but rather as God's representative who acts in his name and reveals him in the world.