in ancient Rome, where the most celebrated temple of this
capital--that of Jupiter Capitolinus--was dedicated to _three_ deities,
which three deities were honored with joint worship.[376:3]

The ancient _Persians_ worshiped a Trinity.[376:4] This trinity
consisted of Oromasdes, Mithras, and Ahriman.[376:5] It was virtually
the same as that of the Hindoos: Oromasdes was the Creator, Mithras was
the "Son of God," the "Saviour," the "Mediator" or "Intercessor," and
Ahriman was the Destroyer. In the oracles of Zoroaster the Persian
lawgiver, is to be found the following sentence:

"A _Triad_ of Deity shines forth through the whole world, of
which a _Monad_ (an invisible thing) is the head."[376:6]

Plutarch, "De Iside et Osiride," says:

"Zoroaster is said to have made a _threefold_ distribution of
things: to have assigned the first and highest rank to
Oromasdes, who, _in the Oracles_, is called the _Father_; the
lowest to Ahrimanes; and the middle to Mithras; who, in the
_same Oracles_, is called the _second Mind_."

The _Assyrians_ and _Phenicians_ worshiped a Trinity.[376:7]

"It is a curious and instructive fact, that the Jews had symbols of the
divine Unity in Trinity as well as the Pagans."[376:8] The _Cabbala_ had
its Trinity: "the _Ancient_, whose name is sanctified, is with _three_
heads, which make but _one_."[376:9]

Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochai says:

"Come and see the _mystery_ of the word _Elohim_: there are
_three degrees_, and each degree by itself alone, and yet,
notwithstanding, _they are all One_, and _joined together in
One_, and cannot be divided from each other."

According to Dr. Parkhurst:

"The _Vandals_[376:10] had a god called Triglaff. One of these
was found at Hertungerberg, near Brandenburg (in Prussia). He
was represented with _three heads_. This was apparently the
_Trinity of Paganism_."[377:1]

The ancient _Scandinavians_ worshiped a triple deity who was yet one
god. It consisted of Odin, Thor, and Frey. A triune statue representing
this Trinity in Unity was found at Upsal in Sweden.[377:2] The three
principal nations of Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, and Norway) vied with
each other in erecting temples, but none were more famous than the
temple at Upsal in Sweden. It glittered on all sides with gold. It
seemed to be particularly consecrated to the _Three Superior Deities_,
Odin, Thor and Frey. The statues of