Christian Understanding of Trinity3
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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />
1. What do we believe?<br />
TRINITY SYMBOLS<br />
Symbols are used to represent the concept <strong>of</strong> trinity. Like all<br />
symbols they can not be perfectly allegorical to the minute<br />
details.<br />
These are the simplest <strong>of</strong> all such symbols. The idea is to<br />
represent that the two dimensions <strong>of</strong> space produces one closed<br />
surface with three sides. Each side <strong>of</strong> the triangle is a projection<br />
<strong>of</strong> the whole onto one dimension. The minimum number <strong>of</strong><br />
straight lines required to seperate a Eucledian linear plane is<br />
three. A circle is also <strong>of</strong>ten incorporated in the symbol to<br />
represent unity.<br />
The basic idea <strong>of</strong> these figures is the unity <strong>of</strong> God in its essence<br />
and the concept that each person is inseperably connected<br />
together in love. If one breaks, the entire structure will fall apart.<br />
These three circles form the basis <strong>of</strong> these symbols. In the first<br />
figure they are interwoven and exhibits the special property that<br />
if any one circle is broken, the entire structure will fall apart.<br />
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