augustine on trinity

1: writes about metaphor for Trinity → De Triniate 8. compares Trinity to love in referring to to John 1 ‘ God is love’

2: concept of father, son and holy spirit = love/lover/beloved. ‘three things in loved as it were […] the trinity’ so each is distinct yet fully God/love ‘three things he that loves, and that which is loved and the love’

3: human comparisons were valid → humans are made in imago dei. we reflect God’s nature