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** Romans considered Christians atheistic, as they rejected Roman gods and refused to worship Caesar | ** Romans considered Christians atheistic, as they rejected Roman gods and refused to worship Caesar | ||
** gnostics and other heretics believed that Jesus fully God and not a Man, thus he was either not a man or not God | ** gnostics and other heretics believed that Jesus fully God and not a Man, thus he was either not a man or not God | ||
* St. Thomas Aquinas | |||
* | == Shield of the Trinity (''Scutum Fidei)'' == | ||
[[File:Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-compact.svg|left|thumb|Basic "Shield of the Trinity" diagram (wikipedia)]] | |||
[[File:Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-variations.svg|thumb|Four variants of the "Shield of the Trinity"]] | |||
* derived from the Athanasian Creed | |||
* God (DEUS) is at the center | |||
* the three Persons are at the corners | |||
* the shiled was consiered the "Herald of God" | |||
=== The forumulation of the Shield === | |||
* note that all the links (connections) are bi-directional (go both ways) | |||
* EST means "is" | |||
* NON EST means "is not" | |||
Thereby: | |||
* "The Father is God" | |||
* "The Son is God" | |||
* "The Holy Spirit is God" | |||
* "God is the Father" | |||
* "God is the Son" | |||
* "God is the Holy Spirit" | |||
* "The Father is not the Son" | |||
* "The Father is not the Holy Spirit" | |||
* "The Son is not the Father" | |||
* "The Son is not the Holy Spirit" | |||
* "The Holy Spirit is not the Father" | |||
* "The Holy Spirit is not the Son" | |||
== St. Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity == | |||
St. Thomas Aquinas thought deeply about the Trinity in ''Summa Theologica'' | |||
* his thought extends from the concepts of the Trinity and the Oneness of God: | |||
* One God | |||
* Two Processions | |||
*# The Father > The Son (Generation) | |||
*# The Father and The Son > Holy Spirit (Spiration) | |||
** Three Persons | |||
**# The Father | |||
**# The Son | |||
**# The Holy Spirit | |||
** Four Relations | |||
**# The Father > The Son = ''Paternity'' | |||
**# The Son < The Father = ''Filiation'' | |||
**# The Father and The Son > The Holy Spirit = ''Active Spiration'' (originiation) | |||
**# The Father and The Son < The Holy Spirit = ''Passive Spiration'' (procession) | |||
** Five Notions | |||
**# The Father > innascibility or unbegottennes | |||
**# The Father > paternity, i.e. The Father > The Son | |||
**# The Father and The Son "spirate" the Holy Spirit | |||
**# The Son = both Filiation and Spiration | |||
**# The Holy Spirit = Procession | |||
** notes: | |||
*** St. Thomas wrote in ''Summa Theologica'', | |||
**** ''"Although there are four relations in God, one of them, spiration, is not separated from the person of the Father and of the Son, but belongs to both;"'' | |||
*** these relations, originatinos, and processions are internal to God and not related to temporal process (outside of time) | |||
*** See: | |||
**** Univ Notre Dame: [https://www3.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/417/trinityhandout.pdf trinityhandout.pdf] | |||
**** [https://catholicism.org/the-relations-in-the-blessed-trinity.html The 'Relations' in the Blessed Trinity - Catholicism.org] | |||
**** [https://prodigalcatholic.com/summary-of-chapter-23-trinitarian-relations-and-notional-names-of-persons-from-whites-book-the-trinity/ Summary of Chapter 23: Trinitarian Relations and Notional Names of Persons (from White’s book, The Trinity) – Prodigal Catholic] | |||