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This diagram consists of four nodes, generally circular in shape, interconnected by six links. The three nodes at the edge of the diagram are labelled with the names of the three persons of the Trinity, traditionally the Latin-language names, or scribal abbreviations thereof: The Father ("PATER"), The Son ("FILIUS"), and The Holy Spirit ("SPIRITUS SANCTUS").
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.
A diagram of the Trinity consisting of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the Trinity is considered by most Christians to be a core tenet of their faith. [30] [31] It can be summed up as: [30] "The One God exists in Three Persons and One Substance."
A slightly schematized version of the forms of the diagram found in several 13th-century manuscripts, including a 1208-1216 manuscript of Peter of Poitiers' Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi, the heraldic shields in Matthew Paris' "Chronica Majora" (1250-1259 A.D.), and a 1247-1258 manuscript of the writings of John of Wallingford. In ...
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
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.
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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.