MythicHindu Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva)
UBSalem Trinity teaching, corrupted in India
Salem Trinity teaching, corrupted in India = Hindu Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva)
The Connection
The UB identifies the Hindu Trinity as a corrupted form of the Salem Trinity teaching. Melchizedek taught a three-in-one concept of deity. In India, this was transformed into the Trimurti: Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), Shiva (destroyer). The original Salem teaching of three persons in one God became three separate gods performing three functions.
UB Citation
Academic Source
Matchett, Three Forms of God in Hindu Iconography (2003); Klostermaier, A Survey of Hinduism (2007)
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
The UB traces Trinity concepts across multiple cultures back to Melchizedek's Salem teaching. Freda Matchett documents the development of the Trimurti concept in Hindu theology, noting its relatively late systematization compared to the individual worship of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Klaus Klostermaier observes that the Trimurti never achieved the same integration as the Christian Trinity, remaining "more a theological construct than a living devotional reality," consistent with the UB description of a corrupted rather than faithfully transmitted teaching.