Literary notes about Trinity (AI summary)
The word “trinity” has served as a multifaceted symbol in literature, evoking religious, cultural, and even architectural themes. In many writings, it denotes the canonical Christian triad—as in depictions of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost that underscore divine unity and complexity ([1], [2], [3], [4])—while other texts extend its reach to encapsulate similar triads in non-Christian contexts, such as the Hindu trimurti of Brahmā, Vishṇu, and Çiva ([5], [6], [7]). At times, authors employ the term metaphorically to signify a grouping of three essential elements or ideals, as seen in symbolic interpretations of pagan traditions and mystical numerology ([8], [9], [10], [11]), or even in playful or pragmatic references to academic institutions and physical settings, such as Trinity College ([12], [13], [14], [15]). This versatility illustrates how “trinity” functions as a potent literary device, conveying ideas of unity, complexity, and sacred order across diverse contexts.
- First, as the Centre of all, there is the BLESSED TRINITY: All-Might, All-Wisdom, All-Love: one Goodness: FATHER and SON and HOLY GHOST: one Truth.
— from Revelations of Divine Love - Of the simple and unchangeable Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God, in whom substance and quality are identical.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - And this Trinity is one God; and none the less simple because a Trinity.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - O God my Truth and my Mercy, Blessed Trinity, to Thee alone be all praise, honour, power, and glory for ever and for ever.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - Yet this, as well as the Mārkaṇḍeya , expressly states the doctrine of the Tri-mūrti or Trinity, that Brahmā, Vishṇu, and Çiva are only one being.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - This earliest Indian trinity is important as the basis of much of the mystical speculation of the Vedic age.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - As the divine brahmā priest, Bṛihaspati seems to have been the prototype of the god Brahmā, chief of the later Hindu trinity.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - The whole is symbolic of the mystic Arba—the four, i, e., the trinity and unity.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - IMG Figures 38 to 42 are developments of the triad triangle, or trinity.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - The three formed the trinity or triad.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - Figures 102, 108, 104, indicate the union of the four creators, the trinity and the unity.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - The brick School-house attached to Trinity Church bears the inscription: "Erected by Enoch Turner, 1848."
— from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding - At twelve years of age this remarkable boy was sent to a private school at Little Shelford, and at eighteen he eqgered Trinity College, Cambridge.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and all through his early life was dependent on the generosity of others.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift - He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele
