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==PAPER 104: GROWTH OF THE TRINITY CONCEPT==

==PAPER 104: GROWTH OF THE TRINITY CONCEPT==

104:0.1 The [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] must not be [[confused]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad beliefs] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religions]. The [[ideas]] of [[triads]] arose from many suggestive [[relationships]] but chiefly because of the [[three]] joints of the fingers, because [[three]] legs were the fewest which could stabilize a stool, because [[three]] [[support]] points could keep up a tent; furthermore, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man], for a long time, could not count beyond [[three]].

104:0.1 The [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] must not be [[confused]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad beliefs] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religions]. The [[ideas]] of [[triads]] arose from many suggestive [[relationships]] but chiefly because of the [[three]] joints of the fingers, because [[three]] legs were the fewest which could stabilize a stool, because [[three]] [[support]] points could keep up a tent; furthermore, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man], for a long time, could not count beyond [[three]].

104:0.2 Aside from certain [[natural]] couplets, such as [[past]] and [[present]], day and night, hot and cold, and [[male]] and [[female]], man generally tends to [[think]] in [[triads]]: [[yesterday]], [[today]], and [[tomorrow]]; sunrise, noon, and sunset; [[father]], [[mother]], and [[child]]. [[Three]] cheers are given the victor. The [[dead]] are buried on the third day, and the [[ghost]] is placated by three ablutions of [[water]].

104:0.2 Aside from certain [[natural]] couplets, such as [[past]] and [[present]], day and night, hot and cold, and [[male]] and [[female]], man generally tends to [[think]] in [[triads]]: [[yesterday]], [[today]], and [[tomorrow]]; sunrise, noon, and sunset; [[father]], [[mother]], and [[child]]. [[Three]] cheers are given the victor. The [[dead]] are buried on the third day, and the [[ghost]] is placated by three ablutions of [[water]].

104:0.3 As a [[consequence]] of these [[natural]] [[associations]] in [[human]] [[experience]], the [[triad]] made its [[appearance]] in [[religion]], and this long before the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] of Deities, or even any of their [[representatives]], had been [[revealed]] to [[mankind]]. Later on, the Persians, Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, and Scandinavians all had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad gods], but these were still not true [[trinities]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity Triad deities] all had a [[natural]] [[origin]] and have [[appeared]] at one time or another among most of the [[intelligent]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. Sometimes the [[concept]] of an evolutionary [[triad]] has become mixed with that of a [[revealed]] [[Trinity]]; in these instances it is often impossible to distinguish one from the other.

104:0.3 As a [[consequence]] of these [[natural]] [[associations]] in [[human]] [[experience]], the [[triad]] made its [[appearance]] in [[religion]], and this long before the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] of Deities, or even any of their [[representatives]], had been [[revealed]] to [[mankind]]. Later on, the Persians, Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, and Scandinavians all had [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity triad gods], but these were still not true [[trinities]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_deity Triad deities] all had a [[natural]] [[origin]] and have [[appeared]] at one time or another among most of the [[intelligent]] peoples of [[Urantia]]. Sometimes the [[concept]] of an evolutionary [[triad]] has become mixed with that of a [[revealed]] [[Trinity]]; in these instances it is often impossible to distinguish one from the other.

==104:1. URANTIAN TRINITY CONCEPTS==

==104:1. URANTIAN TRINITY CONCEPTS==

104:1.1 The first [[Urantian]] [[revelation]] leading to the [[comprehension]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] was made by the staff of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince Caligastia] about one-half million years ago. This earliest [[Trinity]] [[concept]] was lost to the world in the unsettled times following the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 planetary rebellion].

104:1.1 The first [[Urantian]] [[revelation]] leading to the [[comprehension]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] was made by the staff of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince Caligastia] about one-half million years ago. This earliest [[Trinity]] [[concept]] was lost to the world in the unsettled times following the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 planetary rebellion].

104:1.2 The second presentation of the [[Trinity]] was made by [[Adam and Eve]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second gardens]. These teachings had not been wholly [[obliterated]] even in the times of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93] about thirty-five thousand years later, for the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethites] [[persisted]] in both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] but more especially in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religion India], where it was long perpetuated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the Vedic three-headed fire god.

104:1.2 The second presentation of the [[Trinity]] was made by [[Adam and Eve]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 first] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second gardens]. These teachings had not been wholly [[obliterated]] even in the times of [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93] about thirty-five thousand years later, for the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethites] [[persisted]] in both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] but more especially in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religion India], where it was long perpetuated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the Vedic three-headed fire god.

104:1.3 The third presentation of the [[Trinity]] was made by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93 Machiventa Melchizedek], and this [[doctrine]] was [[symbolized]] by the [[Norlatiadek|three concentric circles]] which the [[sage]] of [[Salem]] wore on his breast plate. But [[Machiventa]] found it very [[difficult]] to teach the Palestinian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouins Bedouins] about the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Most of his [[disciples]] thought that the [[Trinity]] consisted of the three [[Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]]; a few conceived of the [[Trinity]] as the [[System Sovereign]], the [[Constellation Father]], and the [[local universe]] [[Creator]] [[Deity]]; still fewer even remotely grasped the [[idea]] of the [[Paradise]] [[association]] of [[the Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]].

104:1.3 The third presentation of the [[Trinity]] was made by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93 Machiventa Melchizedek], and this [[doctrine]] was [[symbolized]] by the [[Norlatiadek|three concentric circles]] which the [[sage]] of [[Salem]] wore on his breast plate. But [[Machiventa]] found it very [[difficult]] to teach the Palestinian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouins Bedouins] about the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Most of his [[disciples]] thought that the [[Trinity]] consisted of the three [[Most Highs]] of [[Norlatiadek]]; a few conceived of the [[Trinity]] as the [[System Sovereign]], the [[Constellation Father]], and the [[local universe]] [[Creator]] [[Deity]]; still fewer even remotely grasped the [[idea]] of the [[Paradise]] [[association]] of [[the Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]].

104:1.4 Through the [[activities]] of the [[Salem]] missionaries the [[Melchizedek]] teachings of the [[Trinity]] gradually spread throughout much of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia Eurasia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa northern Africa]. It is often [[difficult]] to distinguish between the [[triads]] and the [[trinities]] in the later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93#93:9._AFTER_MELCHIZEDEK.27S_DEPARTURE post-Melchizedek ages], when both [[concepts]] to a certain extent intermingled and coalesced.

104:1.4 Through the [[activities]] of the [[Salem]] missionaries the [[Melchizedek]] teachings of the [[Trinity]] gradually spread throughout much of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia Eurasia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa northern Africa]. It is often [[difficult]] to distinguish between the [[triads]] and the [[trinities]] in the later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_93#93:9._AFTER_MELCHIZEDEK.27S_DEPARTURE post-Melchizedek ages], when both [[concepts]] to a certain extent intermingled and coalesced.

104:1.5 Among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] the trinitarian [[concept]] took root as [[Being]], [[Intelligence]], and [[Joy]]. (A later Indian conception was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahma], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu].) While the earlier [[Trinity]] portrayals were brought to India by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethite priests], the later [[ideas]] of the [[Trinity]] were imported by the [[Salem]] missionaries and were [[developed]] by the [[native]] [[intellects]] of India through a compounding of these [[doctrines]] with the evolutionary [[triad]] conceptions.

104:1.5 Among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] the trinitarian [[concept]] took root as [[Being]], [[Intelligence]], and [[Joy]]. (A later Indian conception was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahma], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva Siva], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Vishnu].) While the earlier [[Trinity]] portrayals were brought to India by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethite priests], the later [[ideas]] of the [[Trinity]] were imported by the [[Salem]] missionaries and were [[developed]] by the [[native]] [[intellects]] of India through a compounding of these [[doctrines]] with the evolutionary [[triad]] conceptions.

104:1.6 The [[Buddhism|Buddhist faith]] [[developed]] two [[doctrines]] of a trinitarian [[nature]]: The earlier was ''Teacher'', ''Law'', and ''Brotherhood''; that was the presentation made by [[Buddha|Gautama Siddhartha]]. The later idea, developing among the northern branch of the followers of Buddha, [[embraced]] ''Supreme Lord'', ''Holy Spirit'', and ''Incarnate Savior''.

104:1.6 The [[Buddhism|Buddhist faith]] [[developed]] two [[doctrines]] of a trinitarian [[nature]]: The earlier was ''Teacher'', ''Law'', and ''Brotherhood''; that was the presentation made by [[Buddha|Gautama Siddhartha]]. The later idea, developing among the northern branch of the followers of Buddha, [[embraced]] ''Supreme Lord'', ''Holy Spirit'', and ''Incarnate Savior''.

104:1.7 And these [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhists] were real trinitarian [[postulates]], that is, the [[idea]] of a threefold [[manifestation]] of a [[monotheistic]] [[God]]. A true [[trinity]] conception is not just a grouping [[together]] of three separate gods.

104:1.7 And these [[ideas]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindus] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhists] were real trinitarian [[postulates]], that is, the [[idea]] of a threefold [[manifestation]] of a [[monotheistic]] [[God]]. A true [[trinity]] conception is not just a grouping [[together]] of three separate gods.

104:1.8 The [[Hebrews]] knew about the [[Trinity]] from the [[Kenite]] traditions of the days of [[Melchizedek]], but their [[monotheistic]] zeal for the one God, [[Yahweh]], so [[eclipsed]] all such teachings that by the time of [[Jesus]]' [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus appearance] the [[Elohim]] [[doctrine]] had been [[practically]] eradicated from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_theology Jewish theology]. The [[Hebrew]] [[mind]] could not [[reconcile]] the trinitarian [[concept]] with the [[monotheistic]] [[belief]] in the One Lord, the God of Israel.

104:1.8 The [[Hebrews]] knew about the [[Trinity]] from the [[Kenite]] traditions of the days of [[Melchizedek]], but their [[monotheistic]] zeal for the one God, [[Yahweh]], so [[eclipsed]] all such teachings that by the time of [[Jesus]]' [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus appearance] the [[Elohim]] [[doctrine]] had been [[practically]] eradicated from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_theology Jewish theology]. The [[Hebrew]] [[mind]] could not [[reconcile]] the trinitarian [[concept]] with the [[monotheistic]] [[belief]] in the One Lord, the God of Israel.

104:1.9 The followers of the [[Islam]]ic [[faith]] likewise failed to grasp the [[idea]] of the [[Trinity]]. It is always [[difficult]] for an emerging [[monotheism]] to [[tolerate]] trinitarianism when confronted by [[polytheism]]. The [[trinity]] [[idea]] takes best hold of those religions which have a firm [[monotheistic]] [[tradition]] coupled with [[doctrinal]] elasticity. The great [[monotheists]], the [[Hebrews]] and [[Muslim|Mohammedans]], found it [[difficult]] to distinguish between [[worshiping]] three gods, [[polytheism]], and trinitarianism, the [[worship]] of one [[Deity]] existing in a [[triune]] [[manifestation]] of [[divinity]] and [[personality]].

104:1.9 The followers of the [[Islam]]ic [[faith]] likewise failed to grasp the [[idea]] of the [[Trinity]]. It is always [[difficult]] for an emerging [[monotheism]] to [[tolerate]] trinitarianism when confronted by [[polytheism]]. The [[trinity]] [[idea]] takes best hold of those religions which have a firm [[monotheistic]] [[tradition]] coupled with [[doctrinal]] elasticity. The great [[monotheists]], the [[Hebrews]] and [[Muslim|Mohammedans]], found it [[difficult]] to distinguish between [[worshiping]] three gods, [[polytheism]], and trinitarianism, the [[worship]] of one [[Deity]] existing in a [[triune]] [[manifestation]] of [[divinity]] and [[personality]].

104:1.10 Jesus taught his [[apostles]] the [[truth]] regarding the [[persons]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but they [[thought]] he spoke figuratively and [[symbolically]]. Having been nurtured in [[Hebraic]] [[monotheism]], they found it difficult to entertain any [[belief]] that seemed to [[conflict]] with their [[dominating]] concept of [[Yahweh]]. And the early [[Christians]] inherited the [[Hebraic]] [[prejudice]] against the [[Trinity]] [[concept]].

104:1.10 Jesus taught his [[apostles]] the [[truth]] regarding the [[persons]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but they [[thought]] he spoke figuratively and [[symbolically]]. Having been nurtured in [[Hebraic]] [[monotheism]], they found it difficult to entertain any [[belief]] that seemed to [[conflict]] with their [[dominating]] concept of [[Yahweh]]. And the early [[Christians]] inherited the [[Hebraic]] [[prejudice]] against the [[Trinity]] [[concept]].

104:1.11 The first [[Trinity]] of [[Christianity]] was proclaimed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Antioch Antioch] and consisted of [[God]], his [[Logos|Word]], and his [[Wisdom]]. [[Paul]] knew of the [[Paradise Trinity]] of Father, Son, and Spirit, but he seldom preached about it and made mention thereof in only a few of his letters to the newly forming churches. Even then, as did his fellow [[apostles]], [[Paul]] [[confused]] [[Jesus]], the [[Creator Son]] of the [[local universe]], with the [[Second Source and Center|Second Person]] of [[Deity]], the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]].

104:1.11 The first [[Trinity]] of [[Christianity]] was proclaimed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Antioch Antioch] and consisted of [[God]], his [[Logos|Word]], and his [[Wisdom]]. [[Paul]] knew of the [[Paradise Trinity]] of Father, Son, and Spirit, but he seldom preached about it and made mention thereof in only a few of his letters to the newly forming churches. Even then, as did his fellow [[apostles]], [[Paul]] [[confused]] [[Jesus]], the [[Creator Son]] of the [[local universe]], with the [[Second Source and Center|Second Person]] of [[Deity]], the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]].

104:1.12 The [[Christian]] [[concept]] of the [[Trinity]], which began to gain [[recognition]] near the close of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_AD first century after Christ], was comprised of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Creator Son]] of [[Nebadon]], and the [[Divine Minister]] of [[Salvington]]—[[Mother Spirit]] of the [[local universe]] and [[creative]] [[consort]] of the [[Creator Son]].

104:1.12 The [[Christian]] [[concept]] of the [[Trinity]], which began to gain [[recognition]] near the close of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_AD first century after Christ], was comprised of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Creator Son]] of [[Nebadon]], and the [[Divine Minister]] of [[Salvington]]—[[Mother Spirit]] of the [[local universe]] and [[creative]] [[consort]] of the [[Creator Son]].

104:1.13 Not since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 times of Jesus] has the [[factual]] [[identity]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] been known on [[Urantia]] (except by a few [[individuals]] to whom it was especially [[revealed]]) until its presentation in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION these revelatory disclosures]. But though the [[Christian]] [[concept]] of the [[Trinity]] erred in [[fact]], it was [[practically]] true with respect to [[spiritual]] [[relationships]]. Only in its [[philosophic]] implications and [[cosmological]] [[consequences]] did this [[concept]] suffer [[embarrassment]]: It has been [[difficult]] for many who are [[cosmic]] minded to believe that the [[Eternal Son|Second Person of Deity]], the second member of an [[infinite]] [[Trinity]], once dwelt on [[Urantia]]; and while in [[spirit]] this is true, in [[actuality]] it is not a [[fact]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Creators] fully [[embody]] the [[divinity]] of the [[Eternal Son]], but they are not the [[absolute]] [[personality]].

104:1.13 Not since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_121 times of Jesus] has the [[factual]] [[identity]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] been known on [[Urantia]] (except by a few [[individuals]] to whom it was especially [[revealed]]) until its presentation in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION these revelatory disclosures]. But though the [[Christian]] [[concept]] of the [[Trinity]] erred in [[fact]], it was [[practically]] true with respect to [[spiritual]] [[relationships]]. Only in its [[philosophic]] implications and [[cosmological]] [[consequences]] did this [[concept]] suffer [[embarrassment]]: It has been [[difficult]] for many who are [[cosmic]] minded to believe that the [[Eternal Son|Second Person of Deity]], the second member of an [[infinite]] [[Trinity]], once dwelt on [[Urantia]]; and while in [[spirit]] this is true, in [[actuality]] it is not a [[fact]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Creators] fully [[embody]] the [[divinity]] of the [[Eternal Son]], but they are not the [[absolute]] [[personality]].

==104:2. TRINITY UNITY AND DEITY PLURALITY==

==104:2. TRINITY UNITY AND DEITY PLURALITY==

104:2.1 [[Monotheism]] arose as a [[philosophic]] [[protest]] against the [[Contradiction|inconsistency]] of [[polytheism]]. It [[developed]] first through [[pantheon]] [[organizations]] with the departmentalization of [[supernatural]] [[activities]], then through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism henotheistic] exaltation of one [[god]] above the many, and finally through the exclusion of all but the One God of final [[value]].

104:2.1 [[Monotheism]] arose as a [[philosophic]] [[protest]] against the [[Contradiction|inconsistency]] of [[polytheism]]. It [[developed]] first through [[pantheon]] [[organizations]] with the departmentalization of [[supernatural]] [[activities]], then through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism henotheistic] exaltation of one [[god]] above the many, and finally through the exclusion of all but the One God of final [[value]].

104:2.2 [[Trinitarianism]] grows out of the [[experiential]] [[protest]] against the impossibility of conceiving the oneness of a deanthropomorphized [[solitary]] [[Deity]] of unrelated universe significance. Given a sufficient time, [[philosophy]] tends to [[abstract]] the [[personal]] [[qualities]] from the [[Deity]] [[concept]] of [[pure]] [[monotheism]], thus reducing this [[idea]] of an unrelated [[God]] to the [[status]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] [[Absolute]]. It has always been [[difficult]] to [[understand]] the [[personal]] [[nature]] of a [[God]] who has no [[personal]] [[relationships]] in [[equality]] with other and [[co-ordinate]] [[personal]] [[beings]]. [[Personality]] in [[Deity]] demands that such Deity exist in [[relation]] to other and [[equal]] personal [[Deity]].

104:2.2 [[Trinitarianism]] grows out of the [[experiential]] [[protest]] against the impossibility of conceiving the oneness of a deanthropomorphized [[solitary]] [[Deity]] of unrelated universe significance. Given a sufficient time, [[philosophy]] tends to [[abstract]] the [[personal]] [[qualities]] from the [[Deity]] [[concept]] of [[pure]] [[monotheism]], thus reducing this [[idea]] of an unrelated [[God]] to the [[status]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheistic] [[Absolute]]. It has always been [[difficult]] to [[understand]] the [[personal]] [[nature]] of a [[God]] who has no [[personal]] [[relationships]] in [[equality]] with other and [[co-ordinate]] [[personal]] [[beings]]. [[Personality]] in [[Deity]] demands that such Deity exist in [[relation]] to other and [[equal]] personal [[Deity]].

104:2.3 Through the [[recognition]] of the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] can [[hope]] to grasp something of the interrelationship of [[love]] and [[law]] in the [[time-space]] [[creations]]. Through [[spiritual]] [[faith]] man gains [[insight]] into the [[love]] of [[God]] but soon [[discovers]] that this [[spiritual]] [[faith]] has no [[influence]] on the [[ordained]] [[laws]] of the [[material]] [[universe]]. Irrespective of the firmness of man's [[belief]] in [[God]] as his [[Paradise]] [[Father]], expanding [[cosmic]] [[horizons]] demand that he also give [[recognition]] to the [[reality]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] as [[universal]] [[law]], that he [[recognize]] the [[Trinity]] [[sovereignty]] extending outward from [[Paradise]] and [[overshadowing]] even the evolving [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughters] of the [[three]] [[eternal]] [[persons]] whose [[deity]] [[union]] is the [[fact]] and [[reality]] and [[eternal]] [[Union|indivisibility]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

104:2.3 Through the [[recognition]] of the [[Trinity]] [[concept]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] can [[hope]] to grasp something of the interrelationship of [[love]] and [[law]] in the [[time-space]] [[creations]]. Through [[spiritual]] [[faith]] man gains [[insight]] into the [[love]] of [[God]] but soon [[discovers]] that this [[spiritual]] [[faith]] has no [[influence]] on the [[ordained]] [[laws]] of the [[material]] [[universe]]. Irrespective of the firmness of man's [[belief]] in [[God]] as his [[Paradise]] [[Father]], expanding [[cosmic]] [[horizons]] demand that he also give [[recognition]] to the [[reality]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] as [[universal]] [[law]], that he [[recognize]] the [[Trinity]] [[sovereignty]] extending outward from [[Paradise]] and [[overshadowing]] even the evolving [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughters] of the [[three]] [[eternal]] [[persons]] whose [[deity]] [[union]] is the [[fact]] and [[reality]] and [[eternal]] [[Union|indivisibility]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

104:2.4 And this selfsame [[Paradise Trinity]] is a real [[entity]]—not a [[personality]] but nonetheless a true and [[absolute]] [[reality]]; not a [[personality]] but nonetheless compatible with coexistent [[personalities]]—the personalities of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. The [[Trinity]] is a supersummative [[Deity]] [[reality]] [[eventuating]] out of the conjoining of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[Deities]]. The [[qualities]], characteristics, and [[functions]] of the [[Trinity]] are not the [[simple]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum sum] of the [[attributes]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[Deities]]; [[Trinity]] [[functions]] are something [[unique]], [[original]], and not wholly [[predictable]] from an [[analysis]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Universal Father|Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]].

104:2.4 And this selfsame [[Paradise Trinity]] is a real [[entity]]—not a [[personality]] but nonetheless a true and [[absolute]] [[reality]]; not a [[personality]] but nonetheless compatible with coexistent [[personalities]]—the personalities of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. The [[Trinity]] is a supersummative [[Deity]] [[reality]] [[eventuating]] out of the conjoining of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[Deities]]. The [[qualities]], characteristics, and [[functions]] of the [[Trinity]] are not the [[simple]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum sum] of the [[attributes]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[Deities]]; [[Trinity]] [[functions]] are something [[unique]], [[original]], and not wholly [[predictable]] from an [[analysis]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Universal Father|Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]].

104:2.5 For example: [[The Master]], when on [[earth]], admonished his followers that [[justice]] is never a [[personal]] [[act]]; it is always a [[group]] [[function]]. Neither do [[the Gods]], as [[persons]], [[administer]] [[justice]]. But they [[perform]] this very [[function]] as a [[collective]] whole, as the [[Paradise Trinity]].

104:2.5 For example: [[The Master]], when on [[earth]], admonished his followers that [[justice]] is never a [[personal]] [[act]]; it is always a [[group]] [[function]]. Neither do [[the Gods]], as [[persons]], [[administer]] [[justice]]. But they [[perform]] this very [[function]] as a [[collective]] whole, as the [[Paradise Trinity]].

104:2.6 The [[conceptual]] grasp of the [[Trinity]] [[association]] of [[Universal Father|Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]] [[prepares]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] for the further presentation of certain other [[threefold]] [[relationships]]. [[Theological]] [[reason]] may be fully satisfied by the [[concept]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but [[philosophical]] and [[cosmological]] [[reason]] demand the [[recognition]] of the other [[triune]] [[associations]] of the [[First Source and Center]], those triunities in which the [[Infinite]] [[functions]] in various [[Impersonal|non-Father]] [[capacities]] of [[universal]] [[manifestation]]—the [[relationships]] of the [[God]] of [[force]], [[energy]], [[power]], [[causation]], [[reaction]], [[potentiality]], [[actuality]], [[gravity]], [[tension]], [[pattern]], [[principle]], and [[unity]].

104:2.6 The [[conceptual]] grasp of the [[Trinity]] [[association]] of [[Universal Father|Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]] [[prepares]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] for the further presentation of certain other [[threefold]] [[relationships]]. [[Theological]] [[reason]] may be fully satisfied by the [[concept]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but [[philosophical]] and [[cosmological]] [[reason]] demand the [[recognition]] of the other [[triune]] [[associations]] of the [[First Source and Center]], those triunities in which the [[Infinite]] [[functions]] in various [[Impersonal|non-Father]] [[capacities]] of [[universal]] [[manifestation]]—the [[relationships]] of the [[God]] of [[force]], [[energy]], [[power]], [[causation]], [[reaction]], [[potentiality]], [[actuality]], [[gravity]], [[tension]], [[pattern]], [[principle]], and [[unity]].

==104:3. TRINITIES AND TRIUNITIES==

==104:3. TRINITIES AND TRIUNITIES==

104:3.1 While [[mankind]] has sometimes grasped at an [[understanding]] of the [[Trinity]] of the [[three]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]], [[consistency]] demands that the human [[intellect]] [[perceive]] that there are certain [[relationships]] between all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. But all that which is true of the [[Paradise Trinity]] is not necessarily true of a [[triunity]], for a triunity is something other than a [[trinity]]. In certain [[functional]] aspects a triunity may be [[analogous]] to a [[trinity]], but it is never [[homologous]] in [[nature]] with a trinity.

104:3.1 While [[mankind]] has sometimes grasped at an [[understanding]] of the [[Trinity]] of the [[three]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]], [[consistency]] demands that the human [[intellect]] [[perceive]] that there are certain [[relationships]] between all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. But all that which is true of the [[Paradise Trinity]] is not necessarily true of a [[triunity]], for a triunity is something other than a [[trinity]]. In certain [[functional]] aspects a triunity may be [[analogous]] to a [[trinity]], but it is never [[homologous]] in [[nature]] with a trinity.

104:3.2 [[Mortal]] man is passing through a great age of expanding [[horizons]] and enlarging [[concepts]] on [[Urantia]], and his [[cosmic]] [[philosophy]] must [[accelerate]] in [[evolution]] to keep [[pace]] with the expansion of the [[intellectual]] [[Domain|arena]] of [[human]] [[thought]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] of mortal man expands, he [[perceives]] the [[interrelatedness]] of all that he finds in his [[material]] [[science]], [[intellectual]] [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Still, with all this [[belief]] in the [[unity]] of the [[cosmos]], man [[perceives]] the [[diversity]] of all [[existence]]. In spite of all [[concepts]] concerning the immutability of [[Deity]], man [[perceives]] that he lives in a [[universe]] of constant [[change]] and [[experiential]] [[growth]]. Regardless of the [[realization]] of the [[survival]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]], man has ever to reckon with the [[mathematics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-measure premathematics] of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]].

104:3.2 [[Mortal]] man is passing through a great age of expanding [[horizons]] and enlarging [[concepts]] on [[Urantia]], and his [[cosmic]] [[philosophy]] must [[accelerate]] in [[evolution]] to keep [[pace]] with the expansion of the [[intellectual]] [[Domain|arena]] of [[human]] [[thought]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] of mortal man expands, he [[perceives]] the [[interrelatedness]] of all that he finds in his [[material]] [[science]], [[intellectual]] [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Still, with all this [[belief]] in the [[unity]] of the [[cosmos]], man [[perceives]] the [[diversity]] of all [[existence]]. In spite of all [[concepts]] concerning the immutability of [[Deity]], man [[perceives]] that he lives in a [[universe]] of constant [[change]] and [[experiential]] [[growth]]. Regardless of the [[realization]] of the [[survival]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]], man has ever to reckon with the [[mathematics]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-measure premathematics] of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]].

104:3.3 In some [[manner]] the eternal repleteness of [[infinity]] must be [[reconciled]] with the [[time]]-[[growth]] of the [[Spacetime|evolving universes]] and with the incompleteness of the [[experiential]] [[inhabitants]] thereof. In some way the [[conception]] of [[total]] infinitude must be so [[segmented]] and qualified that the [[mortal]] [[intellect]] and the [[morontia]] [[soul]] can grasp this [[concept]] of final [[value]] and spiritualizing significance.

104:3.3 In some [[manner]] the eternal repleteness of [[infinity]] must be [[reconciled]] with the [[time]]-[[growth]] of the [[Spacetime|evolving universes]] and with the incompleteness of the [[experiential]] [[inhabitants]] thereof. In some way the [[conception]] of [[total]] infinitude must be so [[segmented]] and qualified that the [[mortal]] [[intellect]] and the [[morontia]] [[soul]] can grasp this [[concept]] of final [[value]] and spiritualizing significance.

104:3.4 While [[reason]] demands a [[monotheistic]] [[unity]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]], [[finite]] [[experience]] requires the [[postulate]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY plural Absolutes] and of their [[co-ordination]] in [[cosmic]] [[relationships]]. Without [[co-ordinate]] [[existences]] there is no [[possibility]] for the [[appearance]] of [[diversity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]], no [[chance]] for the operation of differentials, variables, modifiers, attenuators, qualifiers, or diminishers.

104:3.4 While [[reason]] demands a [[monotheistic]] [[unity]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]], [[finite]] [[experience]] requires the [[postulate]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY plural Absolutes] and of their [[co-ordination]] in [[cosmic]] [[relationships]]. Without [[co-ordinate]] [[existences]] there is no [[possibility]] for the [[appearance]] of [[diversity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]], no [[chance]] for the operation of differentials, variables, modifiers, attenuators, qualifiers, or diminishers.

104:3.5 In these papers [[total]] [[reality]] ([[infinity]]) has been presented as it exists in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]:

104:3.5 In these papers [[total]] [[reality]] ([[infinity]]) has been presented as it exists in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]:

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Universal Father]]''.

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Universal Father]]''.

*7. ''[[Unqualified Absolute|The Unqualified Absolute]]''.

*7. ''[[Unqualified Absolute|The Unqualified Absolute]]''.

104:3.6 The [[First Source and Center]], who is [[Father]] to the [[Eternal Son]], is also [[Pattern]] to the [[Paradise Isle]]. He is [[personality]] unqualified in [[the Son]] but [[personality]] [[potential]]ized in the [[Deity Absolute]]. [[The Father]] is [[energy]] revealed in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona] and at the same [[time]] [[energy]] concealed in the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The [[Infinite]] is ever disclosed in the ceaseless [[acts]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] while he is [[eternally]] [[functioning]] in the compensating but enshrouded [[activities]] of the [[Universal Absolute]]. Thus is [[the Father]] related to the six [[co-ordinate]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes], and thus do all [[seven]] [[encompass]] the [[circle]] of [[infinity]] throughout the endless [[cycles]] of [[eternity]].

104:3.6 The [[First Source and Center]], who is [[Father]] to the [[Eternal Son]], is also [[Pattern]] to the [[Paradise Isle]]. He is [[personality]] unqualified in [[the Son]] but [[personality]] [[potential]]ized in the [[Deity Absolute]]. [[The Father]] is [[energy]] revealed in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona] and at the same [[time]] [[energy]] concealed in the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The [[Infinite]] is ever disclosed in the ceaseless [[acts]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] while he is [[eternally]] [[functioning]] in the compensating but enshrouded [[activities]] of the [[Universal Absolute]]. Thus is [[the Father]] related to the six [[co-ordinate]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes], and thus do all [[seven]] [[encompass]] the [[circle]] of [[infinity]] throughout the endless [[cycles]] of [[eternity]].

104:3.7 It would seem that [[triunity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]] is [[inevitable]]. [[Personality]] seeks other personality [[association]] on [[absolute]] as well as on all other [[levels]]. And the [[association]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] eternalizes the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], the [[personality]] [[union]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. For when these [[three]] [[persons]], as persons, conjoin for united [[function]], they thereby [[constitute]] a triunity of [[functional]] [[unity]], not a [[trinity]]—an [[organic]] [[entity]]—but nonetheless a triunity, a threefold [[functional]] aggregate unanimity.

104:3.7 It would seem that [[triunity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]] is [[inevitable]]. [[Personality]] seeks other personality [[association]] on [[absolute]] as well as on all other [[levels]]. And the [[association]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] eternalizes the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], the [[personality]] [[union]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. For when these [[three]] [[persons]], as persons, conjoin for united [[function]], they thereby [[constitute]] a triunity of [[functional]] [[unity]], not a [[trinity]]—an [[organic]] [[entity]]—but nonetheless a triunity, a threefold [[functional]] aggregate unanimity.

104:3.8 The [[Paradise Trinity]] is not a triunity; it is not a [[functional]] [[unanimity]]; rather is it undivided and indivisible [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit (as [[persons]]) can sustain a [[relationship]] to the [[Paradise Trinity]], for the [[Trinity]] is their undivided [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit sustain no such [[personal]] [[relationship]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], for that is their [[functional]] [[union]] as [[three]] persons. Only as the [[Trinity]]—as undivided [[Deity]]—do they collectively [[sustain]] an external [[relationship]] to the triunity of their [[personal]] [[aggregation]].

104:3.8 The [[Paradise Trinity]] is not a triunity; it is not a [[functional]] [[unanimity]]; rather is it undivided and indivisible [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit (as [[persons]]) can sustain a [[relationship]] to the [[Paradise Trinity]], for the [[Trinity]] is their undivided [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit sustain no such [[personal]] [[relationship]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], for that is their [[functional]] [[union]] as [[three]] persons. Only as the [[Trinity]]—as undivided [[Deity]]—do they collectively [[sustain]] an external [[relationship]] to the triunity of their [[personal]] [[aggregation]].

104:3.9 Thus does the [[Paradise Trinity]] stand [[unique]] among [[absolute]] [[relationships]]; there are several [[existential]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] but only one [[existential]] [[Trinity]]. A triunity is not an [[entity]]. It is [[functional]] rather than [[organic]]. Its members are [[partners]] rather than corporative. The components of the triunities may be [[entities]], but a triunity itself is an [[association]].

104:3.9 Thus does the [[Paradise Trinity]] stand [[unique]] among [[absolute]] [[relationships]]; there are several [[existential]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] but only one [[existential]] [[Trinity]]. A triunity is not an [[entity]]. It is [[functional]] rather than [[organic]]. Its members are [[partners]] rather than corporative. The components of the triunities may be [[entities]], but a triunity itself is an [[association]].

104:3.10 There is, however, one point of comparison between [[trinity]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity]: Both [[eventuate]] in [[functions]] that are something other than the discernible [[sum]] of the [[attributes]] of the component members. But while they are thus comparable from a [[functional]] [[standpoint]], they otherwise exhibit no categorical [[relationship]]. They are roughly related as the [[relation]] of [[function]] to [[structure]]. But the [[function]] of the triunity [[association]] is not the function of the [[trinity]] [[structure]] or [[entity]].

104:3.10 There is, however, one point of comparison between [[trinity]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity]: Both [[eventuate]] in [[functions]] that are something other than the discernible [[sum]] of the [[attributes]] of the component members. But while they are thus comparable from a [[functional]] [[standpoint]], they otherwise exhibit no categorical [[relationship]]. They are roughly related as the [[relation]] of [[function]] to [[structure]]. But the [[function]] of the triunity [[association]] is not the function of the [[trinity]] [[structure]] or [[entity]].

104:3.11 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are nonetheless real; they are very real. In them is [[total]] reality functionalized, and through them does the [[Universal Father]] [[exercise]] [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[control]] over the master [[functions]] of [[infinity]].

104:3.11 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are nonetheless real; they are very real. In them is [[total]] reality functionalized, and through them does the [[Universal Father]] [[exercise]] [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[control]] over the master [[functions]] of [[infinity]].

==104:4. THE SEVEN TRIUNITIES==

==104:4. THE SEVEN TRIUNITIES==

104:4.1 In attempting the description of ''seven triunities'', [[attention]] is directed to the [[fact]] that the [[Universal Father]] is the primal member of each. He is, was, and ever will be: the First [[Universal]] [[Father]]-[[Source]], [[Absolute]] [[Center]], Primal [[Cause]], Universal Controller, Limitless Energizer, [[Original]] [[Unity]], Unqualified Upholder, First [[Person]] of [[Deity]], Primal [[Cosmic]] [[Pattern]], and [[Essence]] of [[Infinity]]. The [[Universal Father]] is the [[personal]] [[cause]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY the Absolutes]; he is the [[absolute]] of [[Absolutes]].

104:4.1 In attempting the description of ''seven triunities'', [[attention]] is directed to the [[fact]] that the [[Universal Father]] is the primal member of each. He is, was, and ever will be: the First [[Universal]] [[Father]]-[[Source]], [[Absolute]] [[Center]], Primal [[Cause]], Universal Controller, Limitless Energizer, [[Original]] [[Unity]], Unqualified Upholder, First [[Person]] of [[Deity]], Primal [[Cosmic]] [[Pattern]], and [[Essence]] of [[Infinity]]. The [[Universal Father]] is the [[personal]] [[cause]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY the Absolutes]; he is the [[absolute]] of [[Absolutes]].

104:4.2 The [[nature]] and [[meaning]] of the ''seven triunities'' may be suggested as:

104:4.2 The [[nature]] and [[meaning]] of the ''seven triunities'' may be suggested as:

104:4.5 This is the triunity of [[infinite]] [[volition]]; it [[acts]] throughout the [[eternal]] [[present]] and in all of the [[past]]-present-[[future]] [[flow]] of [[time]]. This [[association]] yields [[volitional]] [[infinity]] and provides the [[mechanisms]] whereby [[personal]] [[Deity]] becomes [[self]]-[[revelatory]] to the [[creatures]] of the [[Grand Universe|evolving cosmos]].

104:4.5 This is the triunity of [[infinite]] [[volition]]; it [[acts]] throughout the [[eternal]] [[present]] and in all of the [[past]]-present-[[future]] [[flow]] of [[time]]. This [[association]] yields [[volitional]] [[infinity]] and provides the [[mechanisms]] whereby [[personal]] [[Deity]] becomes [[self]]-[[revelatory]] to the [[creatures]] of the [[Grand Universe|evolving cosmos]].

104:4.6 ''The Second Triunity''—the [[power]]-[[pattern]] triunity. Whether it be a tiny [[ultimaton]], a blazing [[star]], or a whirling [[nebula]], even the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14 central] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 superuniverses], from the smallest to the largest [[material]] [[organizations]], always is the [[physical]] [[pattern]]—the [[cosmic]] [[configuration]]—derived from the [[function]] of this triunity. This [[association]] consists of:

104:4.6 ''The Second Triunity''—the [[power]]-[[pattern]] triunity. Whether it be a tiny [[ultimaton]], a blazing [[star]], or a whirling [[nebula]], even the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14 central] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 superuniverses], from the smallest to the largest [[material]] [[organizations]], always is the [[physical]] [[pattern]]—the [[cosmic]] [[configuration]]—derived from the [[function]] of this triunity. This [[association]] consists of:

*1. ''[[The Father]]-[[Eternal Son|Son]]''.

*1. ''[[The Father]]-[[Eternal Son|Son]]''.

104:4.7 [[Energy]] is [[organized]] by the [[cosmic]] [[agents]] of the [[Third Source and Center]]; [[energy]] is fashioned after the [[pattern]] of [[Paradise]], the [[absolute]] [[materialization]]; but behind all of this ceaseless [[manipulation]] is the [[presence]] of the Father-Son, whose [[union]] first activated the [[Paradise]] [[pattern]] in the [[appearance]] of [[Havona]] concomitant with the [[birth]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], the Conjoint Actor.

104:4.7 [[Energy]] is [[organized]] by the [[cosmic]] [[agents]] of the [[Third Source and Center]]; [[energy]] is fashioned after the [[pattern]] of [[Paradise]], the [[absolute]] [[materialization]]; but behind all of this ceaseless [[manipulation]] is the [[presence]] of the Father-Son, whose [[union]] first activated the [[Paradise]] [[pattern]] in the [[appearance]] of [[Havona]] concomitant with the [[birth]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], the Conjoint Actor.

104:4.8 In [[religious]] [[experience]], [[creatures]] make [[contact]] with the [[God]] who is [[love]], but such [[spiritual]] [[insight]] must never [[eclipse]] the [[intelligent]] [[recognition]] of the [[universe]] [[fact]] of the [[pattern]] which is [[Paradise]]. The [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] enlist the [[freewill]] [[adoration]] of all [[creatures]] by the compelling [[power]] of [[divine]] [[love]] and lead all such [[spirit]]-born [[personalities]] into the [[supernal]] delights of the unending [[service]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31 finaliter sons of God]. The second triunity is the [[architect]] of the [[space]] [[stage]] whereon these [[transactions]] [[unfold]]; it determines the [[patterns]] of [[cosmic]] [[configuration]].

104:4.8 In [[religious]] [[experience]], [[creatures]] make [[contact]] with the [[God]] who is [[love]], but such [[spiritual]] [[insight]] must never [[eclipse]] the [[intelligent]] [[recognition]] of the [[universe]] [[fact]] of the [[pattern]] which is [[Paradise]]. The [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] enlist the [[freewill]] [[adoration]] of all [[creatures]] by the compelling [[power]] of [[divine]] [[love]] and lead all such [[spirit]]-born [[personalities]] into the [[supernal]] delights of the unending [[service]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31 finaliter sons of God]. The second triunity is the [[architect]] of the [[space]] [[stage]] whereon these [[transactions]] [[unfold]]; it determines the [[patterns]] of [[cosmic]] [[configuration]].

104:4.9 [[Love]] may characterize the [[divinity]] of the first triunity, but [[pattern]] is the [[galactic]] [[manifestation]] of the second triunity. What the first triunity is to evolving [[personalities]], the second triunity is to the [[Universe of Universes|evolving universes]]. [[Pattern]] and [[personality]] are two of the great [[manifestations]] of the [[acts]] of the [[First Source and Center]]; and no matter how [[difficult]] it may be to [[comprehend]], it is nonetheless true that the [[power]]-[[pattern]] and the loving [[person]] are one and the same [[universal]] [[reality]]; the [[Paradise Isle]] and the [[Eternal Son]] are [[co-ordinate]] but antipodal [[revelations]] of the unfathomable [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]-[[Force]].

104:4.9 [[Love]] may characterize the [[divinity]] of the first triunity, but [[pattern]] is the [[galactic]] [[manifestation]] of the second triunity. What the first triunity is to evolving [[personalities]], the second triunity is to the [[Universe of Universes|evolving universes]]. [[Pattern]] and [[personality]] are two of the great [[manifestations]] of the [[acts]] of the [[First Source and Center]]; and no matter how [[difficult]] it may be to [[comprehend]], it is nonetheless true that the [[power]]-[[pattern]] and the loving [[person]] are one and the same [[universal]] [[reality]]; the [[Paradise Isle]] and the [[Eternal Son]] are [[co-ordinate]] but antipodal [[revelations]] of the unfathomable [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]-[[Force]].

104:4.12 [[The Father]] exists before [[spirit]]; the [[Eternal Son|Son]]-[[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]] [[functions]] as active [[creative]] spirit; the [[Deity Absolute]] exists as all-[[encompassing]] spirit, even beyond spirit.

104:4.12 [[The Father]] exists before [[spirit]]; the [[Eternal Son|Son]]-[[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]] [[functions]] as active [[creative]] spirit; the [[Deity Absolute]] exists as all-[[encompassing]] spirit, even beyond spirit.

104:4.13 ''The Fourth Triunity''—the triunity of [[energy]] [[infinity]]. Within this triunity there eternalizes the beginnings and the endings of all [[energy]] [[reality]], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY space potency] to [[monota]]. This grouping [[embraces]] the following:

104:4.13 ''The Fourth Triunity''—the triunity of [[energy]] [[infinity]]. Within this triunity there eternalizes the beginnings and the endings of all [[energy]] [[reality]], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY space potency] to [[monota]]. This grouping [[embraces]] the following:

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Father]]''-''[[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]]''.

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Father]]''-''[[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]]''.

104:4.24 These approximations are sufficient to elucidate the [[concept]] of the triunities. Not knowing the [[ultimate]] level of the triunities, you cannot fully [[comprehend]] the first [[seven]]. While we do not deem it [[wise]] to attempt any further elaboration, we may [[state]] that there are fifteen triune [[associations]] of the [[First Source and Center]], eight of which are unrevealed in these papers. These unrevealed [[associations]] are concerned with realities, actualities, and potentialities which are beyond the [[experiential]] [[level]] of [[supremacy]].

104:4.24 These approximations are sufficient to elucidate the [[concept]] of the triunities. Not knowing the [[ultimate]] level of the triunities, you cannot fully [[comprehend]] the first [[seven]]. While we do not deem it [[wise]] to attempt any further elaboration, we may [[state]] that there are fifteen triune [[associations]] of the [[First Source and Center]], eight of which are unrevealed in these papers. These unrevealed [[associations]] are concerned with realities, actualities, and potentialities which are beyond the [[experiential]] [[level]] of [[supremacy]].

104:4.25 The triunities are the [[functional]] [[balance]] [[wheel]] of [[infinity]], the [[unification]] of the uniqueness of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Seven Infinity Absolutes]. It is the [[existential]] [[presence]] of the triunities that enables [[the Father]]-[[I AM]] to [[experience]] functional [[infinity]] [[unity]] despite the [[diversification]] of infinity into [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. The [[First Source and Center]] is the unifying member of all triunities; in him all [[things]] have their unqualified beginnings, [[eternal]] [[existences]], and [[infinite]] [[destinies]]—"in him all things consist."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I]

104:4.25 The triunities are the [[functional]] [[balance]] [[wheel]] of [[infinity]], the [[unification]] of the uniqueness of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Seven Infinity Absolutes]. It is the [[existential]] [[presence]] of the triunities that enables [[the Father]]-[[I AM]] to [[experience]] functional [[infinity]] [[unity]] despite the [[diversification]] of infinity into [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. The [[First Source and Center]] is the unifying member of all triunities; in him all [[things]] have their unqualified beginnings, [[eternal]] [[existences]], and [[infinite]] [[destinies]]—"in him all things consist."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I]

104:4.26 Although these [[associations]] cannot augment the [[infinity]] of [[the Father]]-[[I AM]], they do [[appear]] to make possible the subinfinite and subabsolute [[manifestations]] of his [[reality]]. The ''seven triunities'' multiply [[versatility]], eternalize new depths, deitize new [[values]], disclose new [[potentialities]], [[reveal]] new [[meanings]]; and all these [[diversified]] [[manifestations]] in [[time and space]] and in the [[eternal]] [[cosmos]] are existent in the [[hypothetical]] stasis of the [[original]] [[infinity]] of the [[I AM]].

104:4.26 Although these [[associations]] cannot augment the [[infinity]] of [[the Father]]-[[I AM]], they do [[appear]] to make possible the subinfinite and subabsolute [[manifestations]] of his [[reality]]. The ''seven triunities'' multiply [[versatility]], eternalize new depths, deitize new [[values]], disclose new [[potentialities]], [[reveal]] new [[meanings]]; and all these [[diversified]] [[manifestations]] in [[time and space]] and in the [[eternal]] [[cosmos]] are existent in the [[hypothetical]] stasis of the [[original]] [[infinity]] of the [[I AM]].

==104:5. TRIODITIES==

==104:5. TRIODITIES==

104:5.1 There are certain other triune relationships which are non-Father in constitution, but they are not real triunities, and they are always distinguished from the Father triunities. They are called variously, associate triunities, co-ordinate triunities, and triodities. They are consequential to the existence of the triunities. Two of these associations are constituted as follows:

104:5.1 There are certain other [[triune]] [[relationships]] which are non-[[Universal Father|Father]] in [[constitution]], but they are not real triunities, and they are always distinguished from [[the Father]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities]. They are called variously, associate triunities, [[co-ordinate]] triunities, and ''triodities''. They are consequential to the [[existence]] of the triunities. Two of these [[associations]] are constituted as follows:

104:5.2 The Triodity of Actuality. This triodity consists in the interrelationship of the three absolute actuals:

104:5.2 ''The Triodity of Actuality''. This triodity consists in the interrelationship of the [[three]] [[absolute]] [[actuals]]:

*1. The Eternal Son.

*1. ''[[The Eternal Son]]''.

*2. The Paradise Isle.

*2. ''[[The Paradise Isle]]''.

*3. The Conjoint Actor.

*3. ''[[The Conjoint Actor]]''.

104:5.3 The Eternal Son is the absolute of spirit reality, the absolute personality. The Paradise Isle is the absolute of cosmic reality, the absolute pattern. The Conjoint Actor is the absolute of mind reality, the co-ordinate of absolute spirit reality, and the existential Deity synthesis of personality and power. This triune association eventuates the co-ordination of the sum total of actualized reality—spirit, cosmic, or mindal. It is unqualified in actuality.

104:5.3 The [[Eternal Son]] is the [[absolute]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]], the [[absolute]] [[personality]]. The [[Paradise Isle]] is the [[absolute]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]], the [[absolute]] [[pattern]]. The [[Conjoint Actor]] is the [[absolute]] of [[mind]] [[reality]], the [[co-ordinate]] of [[absolute]] [[spirit]] [[reality]], and the [[existential]] [[Deity]] [[synthesis]] of [[personality]] and [[power]]. This [[triune]] [[association]] [[eventuates]] the [[co-ordination]] of the [[sum]] [[total]] of [[actualized]] [[reality]]—[[spirit]], [[cosmic]], or [[mind]]al. It is unqualified in [[actuality]].

104:5.4 The Triodity of Potentiality. This triodity consists in the association of the three Absolutes of potentiality:

104:5.4 ''The Triodity of Potentiality''. This triodity consists in the [[association]] of the [[three]] [[Absolutes]] of [[potentiality]]:

*1. The Deity Absolute.

*1. ''[[Deity Absolute|The Deity Absolute]]''.

*2. The Universal Absolute.

*2. ''[[Universal Absolute|The Universal Absolute]]''.

*3. The Unqualified Absolute.

*3. ''[[Unqualified Absolute|The Unqualified Absolute]]''.

104:5.5 Thus are interassociated the infinity reservoirs of all latent energy reality—spirit, mindal, or cosmic. This association yields the integration of all latent energy reality. It is infinite in potential.

104:5.5 Thus are interassociated the [[infinity]] reservoirs of all [[latent]] [[energy]] [[reality]]—[[spirit]], mindal, or [[cosmic]]. This [[association]] yields the [[integration]] of all [[latent]] [[energy]] [[reality]]. It is [[infinite]] in [[potential]].

104:5.6 As the triunities are primarily concerned with the functional unification of infinity, so are triodities involved in the cosmic appearance of experiential Deities. The triunities are indirectly concerned, but the triodities are directly concerned, in the experiential Deities—Supreme, Ultimate, and Absolute. They appear in the emerging power-personality synthesis of the Supreme Being. And to the time creatures of space the Supreme Being is a revelation of the unity of the I AM.

104:5.6 As the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are primarily concerned with the [[functional]] [[unification]] of [[infinity]], so are ''triodities'' involved in the [[cosmic]] [[appearance]] of [[experiential]] [[Deities]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are indirectly concerned, but the ''triodities'' are directly concerned, in the experiential Deities—[[Supreme]], [[Ultimate]], and [[Absolute]]. They appear in the emerging [[power]]-[[personality]] [[synthesis]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. And to the [[time]] [[creatures]] of [[space]] the [[Supreme Being]] is a [[revelation]] of the [[unity]] of the [[I AM]].

104:5.7 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

104:5.7 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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