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| Keywords: Jerome-of-Prague Scutum-fidei-Christianae 15thc.png Version of the Scutum Fidei or Shield of the Trinity diagram here captioned Scutum fidei Christianae or Shield of the Christian faith ; the general diagram has been around since the early 13th century but this particular variant was devised by Jerome of Prague ca the early 15th century There are four nodes and six connecting links as in the standard diagram but each node has five separate captions so that this illustration contains five parallel diagrams all with the same overall central-positive / peripheral-negative structure ;1st diagram standard Scutum Fidei or Shield of the Trinity diagram with Deus God in center Pater Father Filius Son Spiritus sanctus Holy Spirit in outer nodes See article en Shield of the Trinity for details ;2nd diagram aqua water in center glacies ice pluvia rain nix snow in outer nodes ;3rd diagram anima soul in center memoria memory ratio reason voluntas will in outer nodes ;4th diagram animal animal in center aquilla eagle leo lion vitulus calf in outer nodes ;5th diagram homo man human in center Augustinus Augustine Jeronimus Jerome Ambrosius Ambrose in outer nodes Versions of this illustration in other sources apparently have intellectus in place of ratio asinus in place of vitulus rationalis anima in place of anima rationalis and/or correct spelling aquila in place of typo aquilla etc Some of the analogies to the Trinity in the second through fifth diagrams are theologically controversial and were part of the evidence for heresy accusations against Jerome of Prague Excerpt from manuscript MS Prague NK ČR V E 28 folio 130r held by the National Library of the Czech Republic as reproduced in the article Scutum fidei christianae The Depiction and Explanation of the Shield of Faith in the Realistic Teaching of Jerome of Prague in the Context of His Interpretation of the Trinity by Ota Pavlíček in The Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice 9 2014 edited by Zdenek V David and David R Holeton; see http //brrp org/vol9 html http //brrp org/vol9contents html http //brrp org/proceedings/brrp9/pavlicek pdf ISBN 978-80-7007-416-9 15th-century manuscript Jerome of Prague's original diagram was created before 1410 Unknown 15th-century scribe based on works of Jerome of Prague PD-old-100 Jeroným Pražský Shield of the Trinity | ||||
