Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 113
chapter six trinity So far we have only examined the underlying compulsions, which led to the creation of the myths of the deification of Jesus as and his so-called role in the Trinity as the Son of God. But the third person in the Christian dogma of Trinity, that is the Holy Ghost, is a bit of an enigma. Why could not ‘Two in One’ suffice and why was there the need to introduce the third entity into this fundamental doctrine? Logically, the third entity has no justifica- tion to occupy a place in the Christian concept of godhead. Harnack, a commentator on this question, feels that, initially, Christianity was represented by a dyad in God and Jesus as. It later encompassed the church, referring to it as ‘The Spirit,’ to add an element of divinity to what would otherwise be a hollow and implausible third partner. This also served an excellent anti-Judaic tool. * Rev K. E. Kirk in his essay on ‘The Evolution of the Doc- trine of Trinity’ has this to say on the same subject: ‘We naturally turn to the writers of that period to discover what grounds they have for their belief. To our surprise, we are forced to * Harnack, 'Constitution and Law of the Church,' E. T. p. 264