In this volume, Pohle traces references to the doctrine of the Trinity in the Old and New Testaments, and shows how the Trinity is foreshadowed in God's covenant with Israel and in the fulfillment of the covenant in Christ. He then outlines a detailed doctrine of the Trinity, drawing from the entire Bible, the liturgies of the Early Church, and the subsequent development of doctrine. A discussion of various heresies in the church's history also figures prominently.The second half of this volume deals with the relationships between each person within the Trinity, along with the ways in which the Trinity is revealed--through reason, revelation, and the acceptance of mystery. Pohle asserts that evidence for the Trinity exists in both reason and revelation, but famously states: "Christians must first believe, then inquire."

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... SECTION 3 NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS TREATING OF THE DIVINE PERSONS SEVERALLY In demonstrating the dogma of the Most Holy Trinity from those texts of Sacred Scripture which treat of the Divine Persons severally, we shall have to establish three distinct truths: (i) The reality of each Divine Person in contradistinction to mere personification; (2) the noncoincidence of each Person with the others, in contradistinction to the Sabellian heresy which confuses them; and (3) the Divinity of each Person, in opposition to the Arian and Macedonian doctrine that the Son or the Holy Ghost is a creature. As "Logos" is manifestly synonymous with Son of God, and "Paraclete" with Holy Ghost, there cannot be five Divine Persons, but only three. To establish the hypostatic difference of these three is the purpose of the first two members of this argument, while the third shows forth the absolute unity of the Divine Nature possessed by the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity in common. The most important part of our task in this Section is to establish the true Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ, 43 a conception which fully harmonizes with the dogma of the Blessed Trinity and sets forth with great clearness its two fundamental marks, viz.: Trinity and Unity. For, as Gossler pertinently observes, "Belief in, and knowledge of, the Triune God is conditioned upon belief in, and knowledge of, the Son of God." 1 The combined results of exegetical research ultimately lead to the dogma of a real Trinity of Persons in one divine and indivisible Monad. ARTICLE i OF GOD THE FATHER i. God's Fatherhood In The Figurative Sense Of The Term.--The Biblical use of the name "Father" indicates that He to whom it is applied is a real person. It also proves His Divinity. But it does...

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