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Iconic Initiation into the Mystery of the Holy Trinity

Tradition and Sanity

As we approach the great feast of the Most Holy Trinity, which falls on the Sunday after Pentecost, it is fitting to meditate on this most fundamental of all of the mysteries of the Christian faith with the aid of Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev’s so-called “Trinity icon,” completed sometime between 1411 and 1427, at the same time Fra Angelico was painting his first masterpieces in the vicinity of Florence. This image, like the mystery to which it points, is inexhaustible in its riches: every detail carries layer after layer of meaning. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.traditionsanity.com/subscribe