Rawlinson, A. E. J., 1884-1960 / 2008-07-02 00:00:00

Our minds
cannot help passing from the contemplation of the threefold character
of GOD'S self-revelation to the thought of a certain threefoldness in
GOD Himself. We have to find room and place for such a thought--the
thought that GOD is _eternally_ Love, that He is _eternally_ Father,
Son, and Spirit--and yet at the same time not depart from the
fundamental Christian conviction that GOD is One.
It is to be feared that many Christian people do sometimes come
dangerously near to believing in three separate Gods, and what we call
Unitarianism is a one-sided protest against such a tendency. GOD is
indeed a unity: and so far Unitarianism is right. But Unitarianism is
less than the full Christian faith in GOD, because it fails to do
justice to the full riches of Christian experience, the many-sided
wonder of GOD revealed in Christ, and made real to us here and now by
the operation of the Spirit in our hearts. We are driven to say that
GOD is not only One, but Three in One.
Nevertheless, if any one finds the _theory_ of the Holy Trinity
difficult let him not be overmuch dismayed.
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