The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-07-11

Servetus.
Doctrine of Trinity Traced.
There is 10 unreasonable mystery
connected with the doctrine Of the
Trinity as presented in the Bible, said
Pastor Russell. On the contrary il is
very simple. very reasonable, and very
honoring to God the Father, Jesus the
Son. and TO the Holy Spirit.
The Pastor traced the doctrine Of the
Trinity. as presented in the creeds, 10
its source. II was not the teachings Of
Jesus and the inspired Apostles. and
surely not the belief Of the Israelites
and those who for more than four
thousand years had been Gods people
before Jesus day. After the death Of
the Apostles. the Bishops enormously
claimed TO be their successors vested
with Apostolic authority. and these
formulated the creeds with their va
rious Inconsistencies and Bible contra
dictons
The Trinity Of the crecds was intro
ducel to offset the aguostic influences
OF the Greeks. who became interested
in Christianity as a philosophy, but
who denied its teachings respecting the
prehuman existence of Jesus. the ne
ccsSity fer His death as a sin-atone-
ment. and the doctrine of the resurrec-
ton.
In proportion as the Grecians denied
many Christians would combat their
theory. and they advanced claim after
claim until they reached the climax
represented in our creeds Of declaring
that Jesus was His own Father and
His own Son at the same time, that
one God. equal in power and glory,
prayed to the other part of Himself
with strong cryiugs and tears 10 be
delivered from the power Of the tomb,
was heard and was raised from the
dead by the power Of the other part Of
Himself
Indeed. said the Pastor. some have
carried the matter 50 far as to claim
that when Jesus died the world was
for three days without God, that He
then raised Himself from the dead
Others. considering this an unreason-
able view. claimed that Jesus never
really died. but merely pretended to
die-that all Of the experiences of the
cross We're 4 mere farce. a pantomime.
performed for the effect upon the peO-
ple-that merely the body of Jesus died
after crying, My God. My God. why
hast Thou forsaken Me-" and that the
real Jesus, the real God. stepped out
and watched the proceedings and con
nived at the deception. including the
further deception respecting the resur
rection from the dead
All Of this must be abominable to
the Father. All Christians are per
picked with this mau-made mystery.
Now. as Bible students are waking
and are studying the Bible, they find
that its teachings are very different
from that of the creeds. that it is very
real, very logical. very beautiful. very
harmonious.
Trinity Supported by Forgery.
Before we come to the examination
Of the Bisle's testimony respecting the
Trinity, j remind You that the word
trinity does not occur in the Eng
Iish Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
and that no passage anproXimating
such teaching is found there, except
one. and that one is an Interpolation.
as all scholars. including Trinitarians.
admit The Revised Version expunges
the additions evidently added about
the seventh century,. because they are
not founi 10 any manuscripts of ear
lier date.
The spurious passage. is found in st
Johns first Epistle 81 Those sufi-
ciently interested will read the pas
sage in its proper form in the Revised
Version, and we ask them TO note that
the additional words Of the forgery
really make nonsense. in that they
tell us that the Father and the Son