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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 [https://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 [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]].

104:0.1 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 [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].

104:1.1 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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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.

104:1.4 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 [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.

104:1.5 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]]' [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 [[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 [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]].

104:1.13 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 [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]].

104:2.3 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]].

104:3.1 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.

104:3.1 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.