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Karl Jaspers expresses Augustine other components. The
view as follows: Augustine intellect can prove the
never forgets a point and existence of God and
repeatedly states it with the survival of the soul;
complete insistence; The fact but the proof of the
that God does not fit into “Trinity” and the Last
thought and language is Judgment was not made
unique, no idea can reach him, by him. (Russell, 2011: 845)
and every thought or assumption
about him is incorrect. The In summary, many other
mystery of the Triune Christian scholars, such as
Hypostasis is based solely on Karl Fender, have been around
revelation and the Bible. for centuries, despite the
(Jaspers, 1984: 75) emergence of the doctrine of
Thomas Aquinas, one of the the “Trinity”; they have not
Christian saints, in his book on yet been able to find a rational
rejecting the misguided reason for it; But merely rely
denominations, introduces the on certain biblical expressions
ultimate simplicity and unity in this regard.
of the divine essence; (Russell, On the other hand, in the
2011: 847) but at the same Christian world, there are
time, he accepts the “Trinity”. thinkers who oppose the
This Christian theologian, by “Trinity” and work to reform it;
violating the most obvious among them was Artemon, who
rational precepts, allows the taught some of his followers that
community of contradictions. Christ was the only human being
Bertrand Russell quotes him who had received the forgiveness
as saying: of the Holy Spirit more than any
Natural intellect is other. There was nothing wrong
deficient in divine affairs. with understanding this belief;
This intellect can prove but because he denied the
a part of religion; but it divinity of Christ, the church did
is not able to prove its not accept it.
