.

Now if we say that we have seen the Sun in two mirrors--one the Christ and
one the Holy Spirit--that is to say, that we have seen three Suns, one in
heaven and the two others on the earth, we speak truly. And if we say that
there is one Sun, and it is pure singleness, and has no partner and equal,
we again speak truly.

The epitome of the discourse is that the Reality of Christ was a clear
mirror, and the Sun of Reality--that is to say, the Essence of Oneness,
with its infinite perfections and attributes--became visible in the mirror.
The meaning is not that the Sun, which is the Essence of the Divinity,
became divided and multiplied--for the Sun is one--but it appeared in the
mirror. This is why Christ said, "The Father is in the Son," meaning that
the Sun is visible and manifest in this mirror.

The Holy Spirit is the Bounty of God which becomes visible and evident in
the Reality of Christ. The Sonship station is the heart of Christ, and the
Holy Spirit is the station of the spirit of Christ. Hence it has become
certain and proved that the Essence of Divinity is absolutely unique and
has no equal, no likeness, no equivalent.

This is the signification of the Three Persons of the Trinity. If it were
otherwise, the foundations of the Religion of God would rest upon an
illogical proposition which the mind could never conceive, and how can the
mind be forced to believe a thing which it cannot conceive? A thing cannot
be grasped by the intelligence except when it is clothed in an
intelligible form; otherwise, it is but an effort of the imagination.

It has now become clear, from this explanation, what is the meaning of the
Three Persons of the Trinity. The Oneness of God is also proved.

28: EXPLANATION OF VERSE FIVE, CHAPTER SEVENTEEN, OF THE GOSPEL OF ST.
JOHN

"And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self, with the glory
which I had with Thee before the world was."(98)

There are two kinds of priorities: one is essential and is not preceded by
a cause, but its existence is in itself, as, for example, the sun has
light in itself, for its shining is not dependent on the light of other
stars. This is called an essential light. But the light of the moon is
received from the sun, for the moon is dependent on the sun for its light;
therefore, the sun, with regard to light, is the cause, and the moon
becomes the effect. The former is the ancient, the precedent, the
antecedent, while the latter is t