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Dec. 8th, 2010 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marnanelRio: But I thought when people said "trinity" they meant "faith, hope and charity".
Marn: Well, the Latin word "trinitas" means "three-ness", so anything there's three of can be a trinity.
Rio: Like our cats.
Marn: Right.
Rio: So what are faith, hope and charity?
Marn: Theological virtues. But when people say "trinity" they usually mean the three persons of God. I mean, in Cambridge there's a church called Holy Trinity, but it's named after God, not faith, hope and charity.
Rio: Right, and it's not as if there's a church named after our cats.
Marn: True. ...Although there is the Rothko Chapel.
Marn: Well, the Latin word "trinitas" means "three-ness", so anything there's three of can be a trinity.
Rio: Like our cats.
Marn: Right.
Rio: So what are faith, hope and charity?
Marn: Theological virtues. But when people say "trinity" they usually mean the three persons of God. I mean, in Cambridge there's a church called Holy Trinity, but it's named after God, not faith, hope and charity.
Rio: Right, and it's not as if there's a church named after our cats.
Marn: True. ...Although there is the Rothko Chapel.
