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| As taught by the words of the angelic Trisagion: Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty, Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory. |
This
is a much closer image that would explain the Holy Trinity (Triune God) of
course these images are for clarity. In the middle is Almighty God the Father,
the symbol of strength, honour and authority and the source of all existence in
Heaven and on earth.
To
His right side is His Son our Lord Jesus Christ, notice the scars on His hands
and feet and the image of the lamb on His garb on the chest. He is eternally
begotten from the Eternal Father alone (Acts 13:33; Psalm 2:7; Hebrews 1:5;
Hebrews 5:5) “Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee”. The Son looks up to
His Father from whom He learns all things as He sees Him do and as He hears Him
speak. The Son is the Word of Almighty God who descended to earth to be a man
(Son of Man) so He could redeem humanity from the fall of Eden. The Son is not
the Father and the Father is not the Son but they are co-eternal and the Son
begotten from the Eternal Father and thus the Son is eternal. The Father and
The Son are Love (not that they have love but that they are Love Himself), of
one substance and one in being.
The
Father and the Son are bonded by Love that binds Love to Love and thus have a divine
indwelling of substance, that they become a third person, The Holy Spirit. This
is the mystery of the Divine circumincession as mirrored in God’s creation of
marital love where a man marries a wife, the two brought together in love
become one flesh manifested nine months later as a complete copy of themselves,
a person like them.
The
Holy Spirit (on the left of the Eternal Father in the picture) looks to the
Father through the Son. Notice the utmost humility and obedience of the Holy
Spirit as He looks to the Son to the Father. It is He who brings life to all
created beings for in Him is the Life imparted by the Father and the Son. He
proceeds from the Father and the Son. This is why Jesus Christ says the sins
against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven in this world or the next, such as
rejecting the divine revelation that guides Holy Mother Church in her teaching.
Jesus Christ entrusted the Church under St Peter (the first pope) to the
guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He is the one who guides Tradition
unaltered through the ages because He is in all places (omnipresent) at all
times (co-eternal with the Eternal Father). This is why we celebrate the Church’s
birthday on Pentecost Sunday, the day the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles
and on the Blessed Virgin Mary seating in their midst.
In St Athanasius’ creed he says,
The Father uncreated; the Son uncreated;
and the Holy Ghost uncreated. The Father unlimited; the Son unlimited; and the
Holy Ghost unlimited. The Father eternal; the Son eternal; and the Holy Ghost
eternal. And yet they are not three eternals; but one eternal. As also there
are not three uncreated; nor three infinites, but one uncreated; and one
infinite. So likewise the Father is Almighty; the Son Almighty; and the Holy
Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties; but one Almighty. So the
Father is God; the Son is God; and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not
three Gods; but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord; the Son Lord; and the
Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords; but one Lord
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