St. Patrick's Shamrock - Christianity's Shame
The story of St. Patrick and the shamrock is legendary. Even today, most Christians continue to use the shamrock and other analogies to explain the Trinity. Despite that, if Patrick were alive today, he would pick up a book entitled "The Unveiling of the Trinity" by Tom Bosse, instead of a shamrock to explain the Trinity.
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Erlanger, KY.-- (FPRC) -- March 17 is the day when even Nick the Greek is Irish. St. Patrick's Day is filled with tradition and folklore, but perhaps its greatest legend is that of the shamrock. The need for the shamrock to convey Christianity's most important doctrine resulted from the Nicene Council of 325 AD. Instead of clarifying the Trinity, the council actually assigned the stigma of mystery to its concept. While the documents the council produced did a good job in defining the Trinity, it unwittingly omitted important details.
When Patrick reached down, picked up the shamrock and asked his hearers if it was one leaf or three, they replied, "It is both one and three." Patrick then concluded, "So it is with God." St. Patrick's use of the shamrock soon caught on and paved the way for other analogies to explain the Trinity, including the three stages of water and the three parts of an egg. Still, there has never been a crystal-clear answer to Christianity's most important doctrine and many today continue to accept it as hidden.
Through the years, the Trinity has caused confusion and division within Christianity. Other world religions simply rejected its teaching and denied its validity. Without compelling facts to back up the doctrine, many seized this as an opportunity to write books and documentaries that ridiculed Jesus and the accuracy of the Trinity. Is it any wonder that the need for a shamrock to explain the Trinity is really to Christianity's shame? The truth is, the Trinity is not a mystery and never was a mystery. The answer was not hidden as many teach, but has always been open and in plain view for all to see in the Bible.
The Nicene Council was focused upon combating the heresy that brought them together in the first place. In their haste, they overlooked vital details about the Trinity. Now at the onset of the 21st century much has changed concerning this puzzling doctrine. Indeed, if the book by Christian author Tom Bosse entitled, "The Unveiling of the Trinity" existed in the fifth century, the shamrock would not be the symbol of St. Patrick's Day. This book puts all the details together and removes the mystery to the dismay of the Trinity scoffers.
The book's purpose is to bestow clarity and comprehension of the Trinity to its readers. With voices on the increase from those claiming to have the right path to God, "The Unveiling of the Trinity" is a life-awakening inoculation from heaven. The book exposes the myth that the Trinity is a mystery by presenting evidence of the Trinity throughout the Old and New Testament Scriptures. The answer to what made it a mystery in the first place also assures it will never be called a mystery again.
St. Patrick did not have a choice. He did his best with what was available in his day. In today's super age, Christian leaders and believers do have a choice. They can continue to use shamrocks, eggs and water, or they can obtain a copy of this book to fully understand and comprehend the Trinity.
"The Unveiling of the Trinity" is available in bookstores online, www.tuvott.com/ or 1-800-431-1579.
Tom Bosse is an evangelical lay minister and independent writer. He served over 30 years in various ministerial and administrative offices including pastoral, Sunday school teacher and nursing home/hospital ministry director throughout the Northern Kentucky area.
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Send an email to John Snebold of Tuvott Publishing
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