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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 [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]].

104:0.2 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]].

==104:1. 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 [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.

104:1.3 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 [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]].

104:1.4 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 [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.

104:1.5 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 [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.

104:1.6 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 [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.

104:1.8 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 [[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.

104:1.9 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]].

104:1.12 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 [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]].

104:1.13 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==

104:2.2 [[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 [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]].

104:2.3 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]] [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]].

104:2.5 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 [http://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-[[Universal Father|Father]] in [[constitution]], but they are not real triunities, and they are always distinguished from [[the Father]] [http://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:

104:5.1 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]]:

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 [http://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 [http://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]].

104:5.6 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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