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According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock as a way to explain the belief of the Trinity to the Irish converts. I decided to make a sort of poster thing out of the idea to give a quick, visual guide to the Trinity. There are so few deviations on dA that explain/support the Trinity, so I thought this would be a good way to spread knowledge on it in my own way.

The Trinity is defined as three divine persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - who are one divine being, known as the Godhead. Just as the shamrock has three leaves that make one plant, the Godhead has three persons that make one being.

Despite the simple analogy, the Trinity is considered a great mystery of faith and theologians tend to go nuts on the subject. Nonetheless, the Catholic Church has many writings and teachings concerning this grand mystery and has defended the Doctrine of the Trinity against centuries of heresies and attacks that have sprung forth against it.

Because this can be a complex doctrine for many, I highly encourage you to study the Trinity yourself to broaden your knowledge and pray over its mystery to strengthen your faith.

"We confess and we believe that the holy and indescribable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one only God in His nature, a single substance, a single nature, a single majesty and power. We acknowledge Trinity in the distinction of persons; we profess Unity because of the nature or substance. The three are one, as a nature, that is, not as person. Nevertheless, these three persons are not to be considered separable, since we believe that no one of them existed or at any time effected anything before the other, after the other, or without the other."

~Eleventh Synod of Toledo in Spain 675 AD

"All those Catholic expounders of the divine Scriptures, both Old and New, whom I have been able to read, who have written before me concerning the Trinity, Who is God, have purposed to teach, according to the Scriptures, this doctrine, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit intimate a divine unity of one and the same substance in an indivisible equality; and therefore that they are not three Gods, but one God: although the Father hath begotten the Son, and so He who is the Father is not the Son; and the Son is begotten by the Father, and so He who is the Son is not the Father; and the Holy Spirit is neither the Father nor the Son, but only the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, Himself also co-equal with the Father and the Son, and pertaining to the unity of the Trinity."

~St. Augustine, "On The Trinity" 4th century AD

Cool stuff to read:

Catholic Encyclopedia on the theology of the Trinity: www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047…
Catechism on the Trinity: www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css…
Catholic Education on the Trinity and heresies concerning it: www.catholiceducation.org/arti…
Catholic Online on the theology and mysteries of the Trinity: www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/…
Quotes on the Trinity by the early Church: www.catholic.com/tracts/the-tr…

Related Deviations

Trinity is Biblical Stamp: verixas92.deviantart.com/art/T…
Trinity is Biblical essay: verixas92.deviantart.com/art/T…
Trinity: Christian Math Poster: marahuta.deviantart.com/art/Fo…
False Preacher: T.D. Jakes and the Trinity: artngame215.deviantart.com/art…

Description
According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock as a way to explain the belief of the Trinity to the Irish converts. I decided to make a sort of poster thing out of the idea to give a quick, visual guide to the Trinity. There are so few deviations on dA that explain/support the Trinity, so I thought this would be a good way to spread knowledge on it in my own way.

The Trinity is defined as three divine persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit - who are one divine being, known as the Godhead. Just as the shamrock has three leaves that make one plant, the Godhead has three persons that make one being.

Despite the simple analogy, the Trinity is considered a great mystery of faith and theologians tend to go nuts on the subject. Nonetheless, the Catholic Church has many writings and teachings concerning this grand mystery and has defended the Doctrine of the Trinity against centuries of heresies and attacks that have sprung forth against it.

Because this can be a complex doctrine for many, I highly encourage you to study the Trinity yourself to broaden your knowledge and pray over its mystery to strengthen your faith.

"We confess and we believe that the holy and indescribable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one only God in His nature, a single substance, a single nature, a single majesty and power. We acknowledge Trinity in the distinction of persons; we profess Unity because of the nature or substance. The three are one, as a nature, that is, not as person. Nevertheless, these three persons are not to be considered separable, since we believe that no one of them existed or at any time effected anything before the other, after the other, or without the other."

~Eleventh Synod of Toledo in Spain 675 AD

"All those Catholic expounders of the divine Scriptures, both Old and New, whom I have been able to read, who have written before me concerning the Trinity, Who is God, have purposed to teach, according to the Scriptures, this doctrine, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit intimate a divine unity of one and the same substance in an indivisible equality; and therefore that they are not three Gods, but one God: although the Father hath begotten the Son, and so He who is the Father is not the Son; and the Son is begotten by the Father, and so He who is the Son is not the Father; and the Holy Spirit is neither the Father nor the Son, but only the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, Himself also co-equal with the Father and the Son, and pertaining to the unity of the Trinity."

~St. Augustine, "On The Trinity" 4th century AD

Cool stuff to read:

Catholic Encyclopedia on the theology of the Trinity: www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047…
Catechism on the Trinity: www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css…
Catholic Education on the Trinity and heresies concerning it: www.catholiceducation.org/arti…
Catholic Online on the theology and mysteries of the Trinity: www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/…
Quotes on the Trinity by the early Church: www.catholic.com/tracts/the-tr…

Related Deviations

Trinity is Biblical Stamp: verixas92.deviantart.com/art/T…
Trinity is Biblical essay: verixas92.deviantart.com/art/T…
Trinity: Christian Math Poster: marahuta.deviantart.com/art/Fo…
False Preacher: T.D. Jakes and the Trinity: artngame215.deviantart.com/art…