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The Council of Nicaea was divided between Arians and Trinitarians with Constantine on the side of the Arians who believed Jesus was divine but not of co-equal status with the Abrahamic God who created the Universe.  

The Trinitarians felt it necessary to make Jesus the co-equal of the God of Israel who is also Allah, presumably in anticipation of theological arguments with Jews who would claim that the God of Israel who created the Universe was obviously more powerful than the crucified Christ convicted of blasphemy.

It was not until 380 that the Edict of Thessalonica declared that only Trinitarian Christianity would be allowed. Since the Trinitarian Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Church are the most powerful churches in the world, it could be argued that the Trinity has worked up to a point.

However, since Christendom has been widely reported to have been superseded by liberalism, Christianity is arguably extinct.

The only people who have the right to call themselves Christian are those who have undergone a confirmation ceremony or credal baptism. Infant baptism does not count because the infant cannot reasonably be said to have understood the nature and purpose of its baptism. However, the numbers of these Christians have shrunk so significantly that the figures are not easily obtainable. One suspects the percentage must be less than 10% of the total adult population.  

In any case, no theologian will be able to agree on what Christian principles are other than of worshiping an executed blasphemer as the co-equal of the God of Israel who is also Allah.  

What should be taken seriously is the possibility of God's existence and how angry He must be with Christians and Post-Christians for the flouting of His Commandments.