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Everyone go dust off your copy of “Theology and Sanity”.
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Ans why wouldnt “Everyone (just) go dust off your copy of (The Bible)” ???

Why would anyone lo0ok in a secular book for info on God ???

From the Word of God, the Bible...

For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7

1 John 5:7

And there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.

Thank you TN --> that is a very precise statement from scripture.

CYC, Olog, webboy --> this excerpt from scripture does indicate a Trinity, correct?

Frank Sheed was, among other things, what we would call a street preacher. "Theology and Sanity" is a compilation of a lot of what he preached in Hyde Park, London during the first half of the 20th century.

Unfortunately people who deny the doctrine of the Trinity also "(just) go dust off your copy of (The Bible)" and arrive at different conclusions believing themselves led by the Holy Ghost. Therefore it is sometimes useful to expound on the Sacred Scriptures, Frank Sheed does a bang up job of doing exactly that.

I'm sorry you didn't gain any insight into what Sheed called "the inner, the innermost, life of God, His profoundest secret" from the excerpt I posted. His grasp on the subject is so much greater than mine, I can't imagine what it must be like to tower over him. Good for you, but it must be dreadful having to interact with people who think Sheed was profound. I think it must be something like the way I feel after 10 straight hours with my younger children: "OK, this was fun but my brain is melting down find me some grownups."

Why would anyone lo0ok in a secular book for info on God ???

"Theology and Sanity" isn't a "secular book". Frank Sheed, the author, was an orthodox Catholic layman who used to preach the Catholic faith in Hyde Park in London (I mean that literally, as in, he would stand on a box and preach to crowds that gathered), and in fact founded an organization, called the "Catholic Truth Society," to carry on that mission.

He would have gotten a big belly laugh out of the idea that his book was in any way in competition with the Bible, as opposed to merely an attempt to explain the Bible to curious skeptics and unbelievers.