Thursday, October 28, 2010

Are Trinitarians offended by 3-faced representations of the Trinity, and do some dislike the Scutum Fidei?


Some representations of the Trinity include the Scutum Fidei (Shield of the Trinity) with the three-faced iconography. How is this viewed then? Would the Trinitarian that is offended by the three-faced image but who favors the Scutum Fidei diagram like this combination, or be offended by it as well?

I mean no disrespect. I would just like to know. Thank you.

Picture of the Scutum Fidei (Shield of the Trinity):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shield…

Pictures of the three-faced/Scutum Fidei combination:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T…
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T…

Note: while these pictures are from Wikipedia, they are also found on the Internet.

Additional Details

@ Faith_works, hi there. Yes, I see the Triquetra is also very similar to the Scutum Fidei. Thank you for providing me a name for this. What is also similar to the Scutum Fidei is the Eye of Providence.

Wikipedia links:
Triquetra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra
Eye of Providence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Prov…

These links are just for easy reference.