本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛想到哪，说到那。大家都听说过三位一体。被传教那几年，好辩，没有听过什么满意的teaching。一次机缘巧合，看到StAugustine用我们的灵魂作的比喻， Augustine gave classic expression to the psychological analogy of the Trinity in which the unity of essence is likened to the rational part of the human soul, composed as “it is of the mind, and the knowledge by which it knows itself, and the love by which it loves itself.” 简单说，”我爱自己“，这里，主语，动词，宾语。着三个清楚分明，但是只有一个我！再粗暴一点，我can be referring to GOD， 自己 ...Jesus，and “爱”是holy spirit。三位一体。
强调这是简单粗暴的版本。the unity of essence， 关于这个essence，可以将半天，还有的信徒是反对用比喻的，扯远了，拉回到那本发黄的小书，后面讲到时间，过去，现在，未来。已经超出了我肤浅的脑容量。回想和牧师的谈话，原来小丑竟是我自己。
那是一个转折点，当一个人态度发生变化，似乎就容易去读一些原来不会读的，或者没耐心读完整的书。
我是认真读完了Ratzinger的 Introduction to Christianity and highly recommend it. 恕我引用他的书作为回答。let's start with 一个比喻，如果我们掉坑里，我们不能拉着自己的头发，把自己拔出来。我和你在这儿，用中文，或英文交流。是有前提的 －那就是我们的理性。你不能说，因为我们是理性的，所以我们知道 (be able to perform the act of 知道), 我们是理性的。这是个死循环。
“I Believe - Amen", ...... what belief means? "The trustful placing of myself on a ground that upholds me, not because i have made it and checked it ... but rather, precisely because I have not made it and cannot check it. It expresses that abandonment of oneself to what we can neither make nor need to make, to the ground of the world as meaning, which first of all discloses to me the freedom to make."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net