Can you explain the trinity in simple terms? (http://www.quora.com)
Melanie Jean Juneau’s answer:
The Father is the light
bulb on the ceiling,
the Holy Spirit is the wiring
and
Jesus is the light switch.
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Melanie Jean Juneau serves as the Editor in Chief of Catholic Stand. She is a mother of nine children who has edited her kid's university term papers for over a decade. She blogs at joy of nine9 and mother of nine9. Her writing is humorous and heart warming; thoughtful and thought-provoking. Part of her call and her witness is to write the truth about children, family, marriage and the sacredness of life. Melanie is the administrator of ACWB, a columnist at CatholicLane, CatholicStand, Catholic365 , CAPC, author of Echoes of the Divine and Oopsy Daisy, and coauthor of Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood.
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I love this analogy. It made me smile.
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I am glad
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I don’t understand the “is not” in your diagram. God is God and is known as the Father (The Lord’s Prayer). Jesus is His Son. Always existed. Did not just start to exist when born as a human on earth. He is also God. The Holy Spirit, is the “spirit”, “soul” of God. Always existed. Visualised as a dove and flames. Sent to us even today and abides in us to guide us – only if we ask Him. St Hilary of Poitiers, a Bishop in the 3rd Century AD, was first to describe the Holy Spirit as “the Gift”. He is God’s gift to us to lead us back to Him in Heaven.
God bless you, Melanie.
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You know what– there were 10 different varieties of that drawing..it is not mine.
he is no
I did not really think about it. I only felt it explained the difference between Jesus on earth describing the Father and the Holy Spirit as if they were a third person to his disciples..but you are right.. will exchange the diagram
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The “Shield of the Trinity,” which I presume is the diagram that Victor S E Moubarak objected to before melanie jean juneau exchanged it, derives from the Athanasian Creed. Not written by St. Athanasius but an excellent account of the Three Persons in One God. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasian_Creed#Content
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ahhh, thanks. i will read it
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