The Trinity and it's relation to Man

[ToServe]

I’m trying to learn more about a philosophy that I’ve been calling the Trinity of man. The Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, can be easily interpreted as a divine mind, a divine body, and a divine spirit, all acting as one.

God the Father: Omniscient. All-knowing and related to knowledge, just as a mind. (Arguably) does not have physical body, but rather resides in knowledge. God refers to himself as the ark of the covenant in 2 Sam 7: 4-7. The ark contained the writings of God, his commandments. Today, we know God in the Bible.

God the Son Omnipotent. All-powerful and relating to physical and measurable, just as a body. Jesus is the physical body of three. He was a very real human and healed many physical ailments. The embodiment of the three. The son of God, Mathew 16:16. Was not extinguished by death, but remained real and physical. Asked for breakfast in Luke 24:40. Today, we have Jesus’ true presence in the Eucharist.

God the Holy Spirit Omnibenevolent. All-loving and relating to the will to act, just as the spirit. The Holy Spirit is the causal factor that instigates righteousness. The driving force of the three. Today, we recognize the Holy Spirit in the righteous and holy acts of men.

Well, that was a large introduction. Anyway, I’m looking for supportive sources on the philosophy of how this relates to man, using Mind, Body, and Spirit. Theology of the Body states that we are like the negative of a photograph when compared to God. We are in the image but we lack the beauty and divinity.

Does anyone know of any sources that might be helpful?

THANK YOU!

 

[Greg27]

You might want to look at Augustine’s ‘The Trinity’ or Anselm’s works that examine this. I think Augustine gives the finest theological exposition of the Trinity in the Latin theological tradition.

 

[mizznicole]

Hi,

Where are you deriving that schema? That is not a traditional way of understanding the Trinity, as far as I know.

In fact, it might be one of Augustine’s “lower” images of the Trinity in the* De Trinitate. * I’d have to check. The highest image of God in man (according to Augustine) is the Mind which knows, loves, and remembers the God who made it. Because these relations are immaterial they are higher than the material images we can find elsewhere in creation (also known as the “vestiges” of God).

St. Thomas is probably your best bet. You can read his investigation of the Trinity in Summa Theologiae I, Q. 27-43.

God bless!