The Present Reslations Of Science And Religion

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e extraordinarily favoured by God, not as supernatural
beings occupying a uniquely important position in the universe. Now it is an essential part of Christian doctrine that, whilst it
claims for the man Jesus all that Judaism claims for Moses or Mahometanism for Mahomet, it also claims something else
which is different in kind and not in degree. I have not been so fortunate as to meet with any account of the details of this
doctrine about Jesus which I could fully understand. But, for the present purpose, a rough outline will be enough; and it may
be given in the following propositons.

i.There is a single eternal and supernatural existent on which everything else that exists depends one-sidedly both for
its origin and its continuance. This may be called 'the Godhead'.
ii.Within the unity of the Godhead there are three and only three most intimately interrelated 'factors' or 'moments',
each of which can properly be called God.
iii.A cer...