THE DIVINE TRINITY.

SUMMARY.

[I. There Is a Divine Trinity. II. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Are Three Essentials of One God. III. There Was Not a Trinity Before the World Was Created. IV. The Trinity Came Into Existence in Jesus Christ After the World Was Created. V. This Trinity Appears from the Word, as also from the Apostles' Creed, but Not from the Nicene. VI. Absurd Ideas Derived from the Nicene Trinity. VII. This Trinity Has Perverted the Church. VIII. It Has also Falsified the Word. IX. Thence There Is that "Affliction" and "Desolation" Foretold by the Lord. X. There Is No Salvation Unless a New Church Is Established by the Lord. XI. The Trinity Is in the Lord the Saviour; hence He alone Is To Be Approached, as He Is Salvation or Life Eternal.]

[TO BE NOTED.]

1. The idea of the common people of the Divine Trinity, is, that God the Father sits on high, and His Son at His right hand, and that they send the Holy Spirit to men. 2. The idea of the clergy in respect to the Trinity is, that there are three Persons, each of whom is God and Lord, and that to the three there is one and the same essence. 3. The idea of the wise among the clergy is, that there are three communicable properties and qualities; but by three Persons are meant what are incommunicable. 4. There is a Divine Trinity; from the Sacred Scripture and from reason. 5. From a trinity of Persons there inevitably follows a trinity of Gods. 6. If God is one the Trinity of God is necessary, and thus a Trinity of a Person. 7. The Trinity of God, which is also a Trinity of a Person, is in God incarnate, or in Jesus Christ. 8. This is confirmed from the Sacred Scripture;

9. And also from reason, since there is a trinity in every man. 10. The Apostolic Church never thought of a trinity of Persons, as is evident from their Creed. 11. A trinity of Persons was first invented by the Nicene Council. 12. It was derived therefrom into the churches after that time, even to the present time. 13. That doctrine could not be corrected before this day. 14. The trinity of Persons has inverted the whole church, and has falsified each and all things thereof. 15. All say that it is beyond comprehension, and that the understanding is to be held under obedience to faith. What is "a Son born from eternity"? 16. In the Lord there is a Trinity, and in the Trinity is Unity.