The 1TP theory of Truth is based on the conclusion that “Truth is God.”

But what could that possibly mean? How are we to interpret such a potent proposition?

To interpret that sentence, we must understand the several different ways that the word IS is used.

(This page is based upon the work of Gottlob Frege, who brought up to date grammatical analyses begun by Plato and Aristotle.)

The word IS can have FOUR possible meanings.

1- The IS of Existence

e.g. “God is”, meaning “God Exists”. The word IS can be replaced by the word Exists, and the meaning of the sentence remains unchanged.

2- The IS of Predication

e.g. “Laura is Beautiful,” meaning that Beauty is an attribute, quality or characteristic of Laura. The function of predication is to identify individuals and attribute properties to them. It is one of the primary properties of language.

3- The IS of Class-Inclusion

e.g. “Lisa is Married,” means that Lisa belongs to a Class of people who are Married.

4- The IS of Identity

e.g. “Mark Twain is Samuel Clemens.”
In this sentence, we can replace the word IS with the phrase is the same as. The meaning of the sentence is clearer if we say “Mark Twain is the same as Samuel Clemens.”

It helps to see that the Subject and the Identicate can be transposed without doing damage to the sentence.

e.g. “Samuel Clemens is Mark Twain.”

Since the Subject and the Identicate are identical to each other in the sense that both are names for the same person, their transposition does not alter the meaning of the sentence.

We can now examine our definition of the word Truth.

When we say “Truth is God,” which of the Four meanings of IS, is the word is?

1- “Truth is God” cannot mean Truth Exists. Replacing the word is with the word Exists does not make sense. This meaning of IS, is not what we mean.

2- “Truth is God” is Not a Predication about Truth. God is Not an attribute, quality or characteristic of Truth. This meaning of IS, is not what we mean.

3- “Truth is God” does NOT mean that Truth belongs to a Class of things (or beings) called God. This meaning of IS, is not what we mean.

4- The only other choice we are left with is that “Truth is God” means  that Truth and God are IDENTITIES. Truth and God are two different names for the same “thing.”
We can restate it as “Truth is the same as God” and we have done no damage to the meaning of  “Truth is God.” In addition, we can transpose the subject and the identicate to “God is Truth” and we see that we still have a logical and meaningful sentence.

We have thus shown that Truth and God are IDENTICAL.

At the same time we are bounded by this new Identity. We cannot use the word Truth as a Property of sentences that do Not refer to God.

“1+1=2” is NOT Truth, because “1+1=2” is NOT God!

“Grass is Green” is Not Truth, because neither Grass nor Green is God!

True sentences are about God only.

Knowing Truth is knowing God!