trinkerite

[After J. Trinker, of Laibach; suff.- ite ( Min.).] Min.: An amorphous mineral, occurring in large ma es in the lignite of Carpano Albona, Istria, and also in Styria. Hardne , 1.5-2; specific gravity, 1.025; luster, greasy; color, hyacinth-red to chestnut-brown; transparent to translucent. Fuses at 168-180°; only slightly soluble in alcohol or ether. The mean of two analyses yielded: Carbon, 81.5; hydrogen, 11.05; sulphur, 44; oxygen, 3.05=100, which approaches very closely to the composition of tasmanite (q. v.). and (c) the Divinity of the Holy Ghost is affirmed (Matt. ix. 38, cf. Acts xiii. 4; John vi. 45, cf. 1 Cor. ii. 13; John xiv. 17, cf. 1 Cor. xiv. 25; Ezek. viii. 1-3, Matt. xii. 28, Acts v. 9, 1 Cor. ii. 11, 2 Cor. i. 3). The word "Trinity" is not found in the Scriptures, and is said to have been first used by Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, in the second century; but from the texts quoted the early Church recognized that the Sacred writings taught (1) that there is One God; (2) that Christ was called God; and (3) that the Holy Ghost was also called God; and from the combination of these truths the doctrine of the Trinity was deduced. Moreover it was considered that the doctrine was clearly expre ed in the words of Christ's commi ion to His disciples (Matt. xxviii. 19) and in the Apostolic benediction (2 Cor. xiii. 14). Early heresies with respect to the Trinity were Arianism, Tritheism, Sabellianism, and Pa- trip a i an ism (see these words). The Council of Nice (A. D. 325) by affirming the divinity of Christ, a trifle.