Book Title: Jainism Christianity and Science
Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: The Indian Press Allahabad

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________________ 166 JAINISM, CHRISTIANITY & SCIENCE the encrustation of matter is not revealed. The Son is the purified ego who emerges from the unrevealed divinity of life (spirit-substance). The Father and the Son are really co-eval because the soul-substance is common to both the conditions, being hidden in one case and manifested in the other. But in so far as the revealed or manifested divinity arises at a point of time in the history of the soul; the manifested divinity is called the Son.' St. Paul used the word 'heir'in place of the Son,' which is even more expressive, since there is an end to the unmanifested divinity when the manifestation of the glory of the soul has taken place. The Holy Ghost' is the Spirit which makes one holy, that is, 'whole.' The understanding (A.N.C.L. vol. xxiv. p. 153) of Right Action is personified as the Holy Spirit.' It is the spirit of complete renunciation. The Holy Ghost' is the Comforter, because infinite happiness is obtained by the soul through it; it is also the teacher and revealer of all things, because Omniscience itself is to be obtained through it. The birth of the 'Son' takes place in an immaculate manner; for it is the result of the brooding of Spirit over (the problem of) Life, and also because it takes place in the soulsubstance, not of a female! The Birth of Christ,' the Saviour, is the foundation of the divinity of the soul; but the forces of evil (desires and passions and appetites) are still too powerful to enable it to resort to asceticism fully. The Child,' therefore, develops in secret and does not appear publicly, till he has grown strong. He is then described as sitting at the right hand of power till his enemies be subdued.' The statement is a beautiful description of the work of faith which imperceptibly

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