Excerpt from Gloria Patri: Or Our Talks About the Trinity These pages have been written for thoughtful laymen. And yet it may be enough to deter such readers, that the subject presented is the Trinity. Cause enough has Often been given for regarding this subject as too enigmatical, and too unrelated to daily uses, to attract the attention of busy men unschooled in theological mysteries. Until the contrary can be demonstrated by presenting it in a difi'erent light, any attempt to secure a keener in terest in it among ordinary thinkers must rest un der the unfavorable presumption Which has been admitted. To such a demonstration it is hoped these pages may contribute something. To facili tate the purpose in View, and to relieve the in herent difficulties of the subjectrmatter, the some what unusual form of dialogue has been adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.