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"I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end" (Rv 21:6)

The icon of the Holy Trinity is a symbolic representation of the three Persons of the Godhead, united forever in an eternal embrace of divine love and eternal light. Within the oval mandala, representing eternity and divinity, are depicted the traditional iconographic symbols for the three members of the Holy Trinity. A seraph represents the unceasing praise of Heaven in the hymn of the cherubim "Holy" chanted three times, inscribed around the icon in Aramaic, Greek and Arabic.

God the Father is represented by a hand reaching down out of a segment of a circle, breaking into human history, giving His Law (Ex 19) and speaking to man through His Living Word-Jesus.

God, the Son, is represented through His Incarnation, the mystery of His humanity-divinity and the gift of salvation and forgiveness of sins that His sacrifice brought to man. We also see Mary Magdalene, the repentant sinner, at His feet.

God, the Holy Spirit is depicted in the form of a dove, in a circle burning with flames of fire, as the Holy Spirit is symbolized at the Baptism of Christ and in His descent upon the Church at Pentecost.


2 posted on 05/25/2013 2:04:30 PM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: NYer

Jesus said the Holy Spirit would not come until he left.
The Gospels tell of God on earth. The Acts tell of the Holy Spirit in the church on earth.


3 posted on 05/25/2013 2:18:24 PM PDT by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: NYer
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10 posted on 05/26/2013 1:44:39 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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