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==Illustrations and analogies==
==Illustrations and analogies==
A good illustration is [[water|H<sub>2</sub>O]], one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. It can take three forms: solid ice, liquid water, and floating clouds, steam, formless fog and invisible vapor, all of which are considered water. However, this [[analogy]] was historically taken too far as applied to God. The denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, as being in essence one Person only, not three divine Persons of One Being, was condemned as [[Monarchianism]] and as [[Modalism]] and as the [[heresy]] of Sabellianism<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref>
A good illustration is [[water|H<sub>2</sub>O]], one atom of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. It can also take three forms: solid ice, liquid water, and floating clouds, steam, formless fog and invisible vapor, all of which are considered water. However, this [[analogy]] was historically taken too far as applied to God. The denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, as being in essence one Person only, not three divine Persons of One Being, was condemned as [[Monarchianism]] and as [[Modalism]] and as the [[heresy]] of Sabellianism<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Sabellianism '''Sabellianism''' (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref>
Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref>
Another excellent non-physical illustration is the [[mind]], which has three distinct powers of memory, understanding and will, which are not the same thing but are the essential expressions of one mind.<ref>We can remember something we do not understand; we can understand something new which is not something we remember; and we can will to do something which does not need to be understood, which we have never done before.</ref>