From Luke, found in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 248.
“I know that the Orthodox generally believe the Holy Spirit and Jesus are parts of the “Godhead,” being one with and equal to God the Father, though having different and distinct personalities. The Orthodox Preachers and Theologians teach that it’s a fact that these three are One, co-equal and co-existing, and that it is the “Great Mystery of God” and mortals should not endeavor to fathom this mystery because the sacred things of God are his own and it’s not lawful for mortals to enter into these secrets.
“Well, this declaration is very wise, as mortal wisdom goes, and saves the expounders of these doctrines from attempting to explain what they cannot explain – because it is impossible for them to unravel that which, as a fact, has no existence. Humans of thought all down the ages have sought to understand this “great mystery”, as they call it, and have been unsuccessful.
“As the early fathers of the churh met with defeat in their endeavors to understand the mystery, and then, because of such defeat, declared the explanation of the doctrine to be a secret of God, not to be inquired into by mortals. So all these other investigators of the church, when they became convinced of the futility of their search, adopted the same admonition as the early fathers. Thus from the beginning of the established church (after the death of Jesus and his apostles) this doctrine of the trinity was declared and made the vital foundation stone of their visible church’s existence.
“From time to time there arose someone who, having more enlightenment than their fellows in the church, attempted to gainsay the truth of this doctrine, and declared and maintained that there was only One God – the “Father.” But they were in the minority, and not acting with the more powerful, their views were rejected.
“So the “Mystery” became the churches sacred symbol of truth – unexplainable, and therefore more certain and entitled to credence. For it seems to be the tendency of mortal’s minds, or at least those who believe the Bible is the inspired word of God, to welcome and embrace as the more wonderful and important, and the more to be cherished those things which savor of the mysterious.”
As a soul receives more of God’s Love through prayer, it is more capable of perceiving spiritual truth, and progress is unlimited. Amen