Description - God and Myself; An Inquiry Into the True Religion by Martin Jerome Scott
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II THE TRINITY 'II 'HE Trinity is a wonderful mystery No one understands it. The most learned theologian, the holiest Pope, the greatest saint, all are as mystified by it as the child of seven. It is one of the things which we shall know only when we see God face. to face. If God saw fit to reveal His nature to us without explaining it, that is His condescension. Anything we may know about the marvellous Creator is a favor. Of course from the universe we gain a certain knowledge of Him. We know He is infinitely Wise and Powerful. But about His person we can know nothing of ourselves. Now, in the mystery of the Trinity, He tells us something about His personality. He says it is three-fold. Mark, He does not say that there are three Gods in one God, nor three Persons in one Person. That would be a contradiction, and our reason tells us that contradictions are not true. God would not tell us something which the reason He gave us should be obliged to reject. What, then, does He say in the revelation of the Trinity? He informs us that in the one Being, God, there are three Persons. He calls these three Persons the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Not till we get to heaven shall we know any more than that. If we reason from now to doomsday, we shall not get any nearer to an explanation, and simply because God said that much and no more. Theologians have written thousands of volumes in analyzing and inquiring into the matter, but merely as speculation, just as we speculate about planetary motion and the number of the stars and the spots on the moon. Only there is some chance of learning something about these things, none of learning anything further about the Trinity. Jesus Christ said: "The Father and I are one." One what? Not one person, ...
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