The Holy Trinity

The Holy Trinity is a way of making sense of what Khoda or God is. Our doctrine of the Trinity is not meant to be a total explanation of Khoda, but rather the first one that people should turn to when seeking to understand Khoda's mysteries.

The Trinity are: Zurvan, Auramazda and Spentamentor:

Zurvan

Zurvan is the ground of time and space in which everything moves.

Auramazda

Auramazda is the Wise Lord. Auramazda is the righteous lord or right-regulating power who produces right-order or Arta. Mazda is the Wise One who is sensitive to the truth of what exists and has knowledge as to the interconnection of things.

Spentamentor

Spentamentor - the 'Life-increasing Spirit' is the being that changes minds, by bringing wisdom, changing values, developing the abilities of the mind and enlivening the life-loving energies of the soul.

Spentamentor is opposed by Angramentor - the "mind-devil".

Chrestus Magtus

Chrestus Magtus ("The Mighty Servant") represents 'Human might in the service of the Good'.

Chrestus Magtus is a partial aspect of Auramazda, the Wise Lord.

Chrestus Magtus is the 'Useful One and the Strong'. Chrestus is the conscious human agent in striving for the Good. Chrestus has a love of life, a desire to see the individual and common flourishing. Chrestus is the good servant of the world-soul, seeking its increasing flourishing.

Chrestus Magtus is the best kind of human being - the fully adult human being, mature in mind, soul and soul.

Adult in mind, Chrestus Magtus has Eunoia or Good Thinking - able to see things clearly, the web of cause and effect relationships and awareness of the good - the ultimate good and the instrumental good.

Adult in soul, Chrestus Magtus has spiritual strength and emotional maturity. Chrestus is caring and courageous and his emotional engagement matches the true needs of the situation.

Adult in hand and body, Chrestus Magtus is strong, healthy and capable. Chrestus has all that is needed to take effective action and change the state of the world.

Chrestus and Jesus

We can describe someone as Chrestus if they are a good and useful person, someone who works to support the flourishing of life.

Historically among the ancient speakers of the Greek language a person was given the title Chrestus if they were considered an exceptionally good and useful person. Jesus was called Chrestus (the Good) as well as Christus which meant annointed. The two words sounded similar when spoken and were confused.

Zorochristians don't believe that Jesus alone can claim the title Chrestus, for Chrestus is a phenomenon that transcends any single individual. Neither Jesus, nor anyone else, is able to fully represent the richness of the personality of Chrestus. Over-identification of Chrestus with a Jesus in history provides a distorted idea of what Chrestus needs to be.

We don't believe that God calls us all to be copies of the historical Jesus, but that there are varied paths that we can take depending on our nature. This variety is represented in Zartochrestianism by the Chrestoprosopa and the saints. Sarus is considered first among the Prosopa by Zorochristians and his personality has a similarity to that of Jesus. However other Prosopa such as Mithras have important characteristics which Jesus lacks and must also be considered to gain a rounded understanding of what Chrestus is.

To recap: Firstly we believe that Jesus as a man came to demonstrate the idea of the divine saviour of the individual and that it is this divine being which can express itself through many people that should be the focus of attention, rather than the historical person.

Secondly we believe that the Jesus-personality (which for us is similar to the Sarus-personality) cannot save mankind alone. We believe that we need additional personalities to work with him - particularly Mithras and Anhita.

We believe that Chrestus Magtus can save mankind from the terrible predicament it is getting itself into. He can work as the divine saviour of mankind - to bring people out of a bad life of poverty, danger or slavery into a better life of freedom and fulfilment. He is the potential divine saviour of the world and its inhabitants if we work to pave a way for his arrival into his full glory.

Updated Aug 4024 EHE