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The diagram below shows the earliest and most recent major variants of the "Shield of the Trinity" diagram: On the left, the form attested in various manuscripts c. 1208–1260 AD, and on the right the form popularized among some English-speaking Protestants in recent years by Paul P. Enns' 1989 book The Moody Handbook of Theology and H. Wayne ...
English: Basic minimal (equilateral triangular) version of the "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Christian symbolism, with translated English-language captions (in place of original Latin). See article Shield of the Trinity for further information on the diagram. Text was converted to paths for improved display.
Four versions of the "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Christian Trinitarian symbolism, illustrating some variant depictions: 1. A shield-shaped version on red shield, attributed as the heraldic arms of God (or of the Trinity) in medieval England and France. See "The Heraldic Imagination" by Rodney Dennys.
English: Diagram of Holy Trinity core. Note: A pixel version of a diagram was originally made by pl:Wikipedysta:Zureks to represent Anne Catherine Emmerich's personal vision of the Holy Trinity core, where intensity is intended to increase towards the center.
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The precise origin of this diagram is unknown, but it was evidently influenced by 12th-century experiments in symbolizing the Trinity in abstract visual form, mainly by Petrus Alfonsi's Tetragrammaton-Trinity diagram of ca. 1109. The Shield of the Trinity diagram is attested from as early as a ca. 1208-1216 manuscript.
See File:Trinity Symbole St. Ann's Church DC.JPG and File:Eglise Saint-Samson, Bobital, Côtes d'armor, France, La Trinité, rosace, facade ouest, 5685.jpg for similar symbolic concepts, but not forming a Shield of the Trinity diagram. For discussion and explanation of the basic diagram, see the main article Shield of the Trinity. Date