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The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from the Latin trinus, meaning "threefold") professes that there is one God, but three eternal and consubstantial persons (aspects): the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is the God of...

Depiction of the Christian Trinity on a stained glass window in the church of St-Etienne du Mont, Paris.

All too often, the Eastern perspective on the Trinity is mistakenly overlooked by Western society in the study of Church History. This is unfortunate, for men like Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390 CE) and John of Damascus (676–749 CE) offered...

The Trinity Altarpiece panels, oil on oak panels by Hugo van der Goes, 1478. The four panels were probably the wings of a triptych. The open wings showed James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark before the Virgin. The closed wings depicted...

The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin dates from the early 18th century and contains the oldest books of the Trinity library.

The Trinity, tempera on wood painting by Agnolo Gaddi, c. 1390-96. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Trinity College is the only ancient university located in Ireland and was established in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) as the sole college of the University of Dublin. Most of the buildings date from the 18th and 19th...

The Long Room is the main chamber of the old library of Trinity College. The room was built between 1712 and 1732, while the roof was raised in 1860 to make room for more books, giving the Long Room its iconic appearance.

Stained glass from St Etheldreda's church in Ely Place, London.

The Book of Kells (c. 800) is an illuminated manuscript of the four gospels of the Christian New Testament, currently housed at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The work is the most famous of the medieval illuminated manuscripts for the...