Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 306

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306. There is a Trinity in the Lord. Christians were examined in the other life as to the kind of idea they entertained concerning the one God, and it was found that they entertained an idea of three Gods, nos. 2329, 5256, 10736-10738, 10821. A Divine Trinity may be conceived in one person, and hence one God, but not in three persons, nos. 10738, 10821, 10822. The trinity in one person, and thus in the Lord, consists of the Divine Itself which is called the Father, of the Divine Human which is called the Son, and of the Divine that proceeds which is called the Holy Spirit; and thus the trinity is a one, nos. 2149, 2156, 2288, 2321, 2329, 2447, 3704, 6993, 7182, 10738, 10822, 10823. The Divine Trinity in the Lord is acknowledged in heaven, nos. 14, 15, 1729, 2005, 5256, 9303. The Lord is one with the Father; thus He is the Divine Itself, and the Divine Human, nos. 1729, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2751, 3704, 3736, 4766. His Divine which proceeds is also His Divine in heaven, which is called the Holy Spirit, nos. 3969, 4673, 6788, 6993, 7499, 8127, 8302, 9199, 9228, 9229, 9278, 9407, 9818, 9820, 10330. Wherefore the Lord is the one and only God, nos. 1607, 2149, 2156, 2329, 2447, 2751, 3194, 3704, 3712, 3938, 4577, 4687, 5321, 6280, 6371, 6849, 6993, 7014, 7091, 7182, 7209, 8241, 8724, 8760, 8864, 8865, 9194, 9303.


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