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               18  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 7 (24): 13-37, Autumn 2020
               include  Brahmins,  Iranians,         is   the    term,    the    three
               Egyptians,  Greeks,  Romans,          Hypostases that it is necessary
               and Chaldeans; (Rashid Ridha,         to examine each of these three
               2014,  Vol.  6:  567)  of  course,    Hypostases  separately  to  reveal
               the “Trinity” is not in the sense     how to believe in the “Trinity”
               that is known to Christians.          and “Deism” of these three.
                 In  Hinduism,  the  greatest          Hypostases  has  Greek  roots
               and  most  famous  worship  is        and  means  the  way  of
               “Trinity”.  In  this  ritual,  three   existence;  that  is,  three  ways
               gods  are  worshiped  in  the         for the existence and action of
               Sanskrit  language  “Trimurti”,       God. These are the Father, the
               which are as follows:                 Son, and the Holy Spirit.
                   -  Brahma:        God      of       Father  in  Arabic  language
                      creation and the creator       means  father  and  in  Christian
                      of the whole                   culture, the Father is the name
                   -  Shiva: God of death and        of God, who is eternal and the
                      total deadly                   Creator  of  the  universe.  He  is
                   -  Vishnu: God of life and        the  God  who  has  determined
                      protector of the whole         the  destiny  of  the  world  from
                                                     the beginning.
                 The  Brahmins  believe  that          His  name  in  the  Old
               the  absolute  existence  and  the    Testament      is    “Yahweh”.
               whole  soul  of  the  Brahman-        (Noss, 2013: 276) Some, citing
               Ātman have appeared in three          the text of the Old Testament,
               manifestations       and      are     believe  that  Yahweh  is  the
               manifested in these three gods,       only  father  of  a  group  of
               each  of  whom  is  engaged  in       human beings.
               his  own  action  and  work.            Robert  Hume,  a  researcher
               (Noss, 2013: 276)                     in the history of religions, writes:
                                                            In  the  Old  Testament,
               The Three Hypostases                         the  specific  name  of
               One  of  the  definitions  that  is          God  is  Yahweh.  In  28
               directly related to the “Trinity”            places  in  the  Torah,
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