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It is said that when the church father [[Augustine]] wrote a treatise about the Holy Trinity he encountered a little boy when he was taking a walk along the seaside. The boy was constantly scooping water from the sea in a little basin at the beach. Augustine asked what he was up to and the boy answered: "I want to sccop the sea in my pond." Augustine answered: "You will never succeed." There the boy replied: "I'm doing the same thing as you: You want to understand the mystery of the triune God with your human mind."
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===Difficulties in Understanding===
Throughout the history of the church objections have been raised to the teaching of the Trinity, but the doctrine has stood as a central feature of orthodox Christianity despite this. The following folk story illustrates the difficulties in understanding the Trinity.: ''It has been said that when the church father [[Augustine]] wrote a treatise about the Trinity he encountered a little boy walking along the seaside. The boy appeared to be scooping water from the sea in a little basin at the beach and Augustine asked him what he was doing. The boy answered: "I want to sccop the sea in my pond," to whicch Augustine responded: "You will never succeed." But the boy replied: "I'm doing the same thing as you: You want to understand the mystery of the triune God with your human mind."''
The teaching of the Trinity was clearly articulated in the [[Nicene Creed]] of [[325 AD]].
Historically many religions have been critical of the doctrine of the Trinity. The [[Quran]] has numerous quotations questioning and denying the Trinity and it is an issue that many Muslims exploring Christianity find to be barrier.
