Anablepsis

Just as the light allows the eye to see, so, too, does the good allow the intellect to know (The Republic, Book IV). To know is the facilitation of happiness: the perfect thinking of an object is identical to that which it represents, and thereby the person becomes one with that object (in thought). It is said, then, that perfect contemplation of the absolute and complete truth is the highest good. Hence, even the scientist becomes a carcinogenic to peek into the fabric of the universe; the philosopher writes his assessment of the value of life itself on his scrolls with his own blood; and the modern man rips off his own face thinking it was a mask in the name of discovering his 'true self'. Inventing our own happiness is like drinking salt water to quench our thirst: by turning away from the truth to stake our own claim, we rip our souls from our bodies—we trample on who we actually are. Every lie and willful ignorance carves us out deeper like a growing pebble in our shoe. For those who will not abandon truth, to know just enough to know you know nothing is like having just enough energy to swim to the surface to see the sun just to sink back down and drown. Every man has a natural inclination towards the truth: no matter how malnourished or deformed.

What an already enduring and enjoyable feat to attain perfect knowledge for even a second, but there is something still higher—a second to absolutely none: love. Not just any love, but the sacrificial love of the incorruptible in mutuality between persons: the willing of the good of another for its own sake with perfect reciprocity. Such a love requires perfect knowledge, but it goes far beyond it. So far, in fact, that perfect love causes another person to arise; and nothing higher can be achieved—ever.

The Trinity is the most beautiful and perfect exemplification of this love, but yet very little is known of it by the masses. Some may even find it logically inconsistent or internally incoherent; and even lay Christians gaze upon it like they are trying to describe an apple by staring at the wall in front of it. To pursue knowing the Trinity is to unlock something which transforms the soul like quakes vibrating down the halls of the subconscious. The kind of vibrations which everlastingly paint one's thoughts with the most beautiful of colors and scents one's emotions with the best of fragrances. To fixate on the Trinity is to change the very way your eyes see.

This site is dedicated to the Blessed Trinity: it houses responses to objections, expositions of what it is, warnings about what it is not, proofs from natural reason that it exists, etc. If you are a Christian wanting to strip the veil of mystery away, a secular person exploring classical theism, or just anyone who wishes to feel the Trinity with the hands of their mind; then this is the place for you!

If you have any questions along your journey, I am always happy to discuss any of these topics with anyone: feel free to reach out to me at theeudemian3@gmail.com.

Recent Articles