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9. COMING OF THOMAS
There a few specific items that cannot be explained in any other way. Yet these are the core essence of Hinduism as is claimed today. These are:
Monotheism - A persons God who is above all gods who is involved in the matters of man. The concept of Isvara. The very name Isa to mean God came in only after the arrival of St. Thomas.
Trinity - God appeared in three distinct personal forms of Father, Sakti and Son. We have traced the development of Trimurti earlier. It was a very new concept and was eventually degenerated with the essential unity and oneness of Godhead was lost through Gnostic duality and conflict. . Gods themselves were in constant fight in Vedism as it is also true within modern Hinduism. We will discuss what happened in a later chapter.
Incarnation - God incarnates into this world out of his intense of love for humankind to provide redemption and salvation through faith in Him. This also includes the idea of Logos, the Word, which was translated as AUM and has now become the central symbol of Hinduism. AUM is found in the front of all early Christian churches in Kerala predating any mention of AUM in the Upanishads. It represents the oneness of the Trinitarian God who is the revealed to humankind through Sages.
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