DE TRINITATE

1. INTENTION/ PURPOSE- POLEMIC- HERESY- ARIANISM

2. Methodology- Faith- self´knowledge, faith and reason is not separated. Psychological,
Psyche is the closest thing to God. Interiority- best way to make analogy.
-point of departure for analogy( get idea of the Trinity)- operations (there are operations
happening, actions in the mind a¡¡, in the soul
8- operations: analogies of the Trinity
a. Sensible knowledge
b. Memory ALL OPERATIONS OF
c. Human love
d. Moral activity
THE SOUL, THE PSYCHE
e. Autoconsciousness
f.
3. How does man know? KNOWLEDGE

Object -ex. APPLE

4. VISION- (ALREADY IN THE MIND)

TRIGGERED BY THE MEMORY

5. MORAL ACTIVITY
MEMORY- INTELLIGENCE -WILL

6. SELF-MEMORY; SELF INTELLIGENCE; SELF WILL- SELF(CONSCIOUS

7. AUTOCONSCIOUSNESS- ).. I AM LOOKING AT MYSELF
A- I AM THINKING
B- I AM AWARE THAT I AM THINKING
C- I AM AWARE OF THINKING THAT I AM THINKING.
EX. MAEKO THINKS OF ENZO
WHY I AM THINKING OF ENZO
WHY I THINK OF THINKING ABOUT ENZO
8. LIMITATIONS: God is a Mystery and Man is limited.
9. Appreciate St Augustine: he was able to made treatise, use of reason through the interiority of
man- the closest thing to God.
10. Augustine was not able to do processions but relations. Contention of Arianism- Is the Son,
divine ro man? How did he come about. How did procession takes place
ICONOGRAPHY OF THE TRINITY- dogmatic truth- and communicative value

Just by looking the paintings- emits spiritual vibes- enduce you spiritual meditation,
contemplation.

-dogmatic elements found and confirmed in the icons.

COMMUNICATION- (context) is found

God source of all communication- inherited from himç

Revelation is a communication.

Images revealed. Sacred Heart, Guadalupe,

Pictures in the churches- will help person grow and knowledge in the dogmatic truth

- Not all artists can make a religious work of art- like in music.
- Requires, a theologian. The artist must know theology, >Scripture, dogmatic truth.
- The artist is the one going to translate it into forms. Religious arts (aesthetic form)
- You have to admire these artists.
- Every painting frames- have lots of thought-process
- When an rtist work is intentional- end product is the end intention of the artist the position
of the hand
- Intentional- means there´s a message to convey.
- Ex. Draw a house- draw a family
- It is nt just a pictorial depiction-
- These works of arts bear catechetical value.
- The classical depiction of the trinity lacks or didn´t present the unity.
- Throne of mercy- john 3:16 <how God loves us.
- The sorrow of God. ( the love of the Father to His Son)- patripassionism
- A God moved with emotion- actually is moved for us.
- Dogmatic sarcophagus
- The three identical men
- Trifacial
- The mediation of arts in theology and religion
- Charismatic groups- sentimental emotional
- The trinity is beauty in Himself
- Evangelizing through beauty- pull us out