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Specialty Definition: Trimurti

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In Hinduism, the Trimurti (also called the Hindu trinity) are the three most important gods; in some narratives they were born from the world egg laid by Ammavaru at the beginning of time.

• Brahma - the Creator
• Shiva - the Destroyer
• Vishnu - the Maintainer

The trimurti itself is conceived of as a deity and artistically represented as a three-faced human figure. Brahma is no longer as relevant as he once was, some would say the all-in-one goddess Devi has replaced him.

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Trinity

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For other uses of trinity, please see the disambiguation page. This entry refers to the religious, spiritual, or philosophical uses of the word.

Introduction

Famous Orthodox Icon representing the
Trinity, 15th century AD. Larger

In religion, the Trinity is a central doctrine of most branches of Christianity; it says that God is one God, existing in three distinct persons, usually referred to as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Historically, this has been described by the Nicene (325 A.D.), Apostles' (200 A.D.), and Athanasian Creeds (mid 300's A.D.) although it is not explicitly described in the Bible. These creeds were created and endorsed by the orthodox, catholic Church of the third and fourth centuries, and later retained in some form by most Protestants.

The word "Trinity" is often used interchangeably with another term, the "Triune" which means "three in one substance (homoousia)". Since the Nicene Creed used "homousia" to define the relationship among the members of the Godhead, they are considered to be synonymous. The spelling of the word differs by a single Greek letter, "one iota", from the word used by non-trinitarians at the time, "homoiousia", (of similar substance): a fact which has since become proverbial, representing the deep divisions occasioned by seemingly small imprecisions, especially in theology.

Biblical and Theological Discussions

The doctrine of the Trinity does not appear explicitly in the Bible, indeed not even the word itself is found there as the word did not exist until later when Tertullian coined the word in the early third century. There are many passages trinitarians point to as implying the existence of the Trinity. One of the most-cited is the baptism of Jesus Christ: And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3:16-17, RSV). Thus to trinitarians the three persons of the Trinity were made manifest at once. To others however, this clearly violates "three in one substance" as all three manifestations are clearly not of the same matter. This separation and distinction is to non-trinitarians more similar to the Mormon view of Gods. This baptism is commemorated each year in the West as the Baptism of our Lord on the Sunday following Epiphany, and in the East as the Feast of Theophany on January 6.

Christian opponents of the teaching in their turn argue it would be an egregious matter to lack explicitness and point among other things to Biblical passages such as Jesus' reference to "my God and your God" (John 20:17, KJV), his avowed non-omniscience as Son (Mark 13:32), and his words, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God" (Mark 10:18, KJV). Such opponents are a minority among Christians, and have been for most of Christianity's history.

As it exists today the doctrine developed over the centuries as a result of many controversies, such as Arianism, Sabellianism, and Adoptionism. Initially though, the biggest contribution came from the ideas of neoplatonism from philosophers who became Christians. Augustine of Hippo has been noted at the forefront of these ideas and contributed much to the speculative development of the doctrine of the Trinity as it is known today. This has been coined as the Neoplatonic Hypostases or Neoplatonic Logos philosophies. These controversies were for most purposes settled at the Ecumenical Councils, whose creeds affirm the doctrine of the Trinity. Constantine the Great being the first to call the first council in 325 AD arguably had political motives for settling the issue rather than religious reasons as he personally favored the minority of Arianism.

According to the Athanasian Creed, each of these three divine Persons are said to be eternal, each said to be almighty, none greater or less than another, each said to be God, and yet together being but one God. According to the teachings of orthodox Christianity, the three persons of the Holy Trinity are said to share one Divine Nature, thus preserving their belief in one God. So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say; There are three Gods or three Lords. -- Athanasian Creed, line 20

Opponents of this view contend that these three "Persons" are not separate and distinct individuals. They hold that God is numerically one and that the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are merely modes, roles or manifestations of God Almighty. These titles describe how humanity has interacted with or had experiences with God. In the Role of The Father, God is the provider and creator of all. In the mode of The Son, man experiences God in the flesh, as a human, fully man and fully God. God manifests Himself as the Holy Spirit by his actions on Earth and within the lives of Christians. This is sometimes known as Modalism or Sabellianism, and was rejected as heresy by the Ecumenical Councils although it is still prevelant today in some Christian denominationss.

Some feminist theologians refer to the persons of the Holy Trinity with more gender-neutral language, such as Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. This is a very recent formulation, and emphasizes their roles rather than their personhood. Since, however, each of the three divine persons participates in the acts of creation, redemption, and sustaining, traditional Christians reject this formulation as simply a new variety of Modalism.

The Trinity

The Father is often thought of as the God who acts throughout the Old Testament and talks to and through Christ in the New Testament. However, all three persons of the Trinity are believed to be clearly present and active in the Creation as described in Genesis 1 and 2. Eastern Orthodox theologians also believe that Abraham's visit by three angels was in fact a visit by the three persons of the Holy Trinity. The Eastern Orthodox icon of the three youths in the fiery furnace (event recorded in the Book of Daniël indicates that the angel walking with them in the furnace was Jesus Christ, the preincarnate second person of the Holy Trinity. The Catholic Church, while accepting these angelic visitations as symbolic of the Trinity, does not identify the angels with the persons of the Trinity themselves.

The Son is Christ, who is described in the book of Hebrews chapter 1:2-3 as ...appointed heir of all things, through whom also He (meaning God) made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person..., whose sacrifice on the cross and subsequent resurrection ransomed souls from hell, opened the portal to heaven for those who want to go or both, depending on which Christian tradition one consults. As the Son, Christ is co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. At the Incarnation, the Son took on human flesh and human nature, and was known to the world as Jesus of Nazareth. Therefore, he was both God and man, not considered to be some kind of phantasm or soulless possessed being, but was just like other humans except for also being God. The Chalcedonian Creed spells out the distinctions between Christ's divine nature and his human nature. Within orthodox Christianity, both Christ's divine nature and human nature are theologically necessary. Without Christ's divine nature, it would be possible to view Christ as simply an ordinary human being which would open up questions about why one should worship Him. Without Christ's human nature, then the sacrifice of Christ of his own life would be rendered meaningless within the context of Christian theology.

The Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost) is sometimes thought of as the essence of God embodied as divine or inspired wisdom in people's lives, telling them the proper way to deal with the universe. Many believe that the Holy Spirit is within everyone, the part of God that communicates directly with humans. The traditional Trinitarian view is that the Holy Spirit is a distinct person, co-eternal with the Father and the Son, no more or less eminent than the Father and the Son.

Orthodox and Catholic viewpoints

In Eastern Orthodox theology, the distinction is often described as follows. The three persons of the Trinity share the same divine essence, the same divine nature. (Because there is only one Divine Essence, and the three persons are undivided, there is only one God; thus Trinitarian Christianity remains monotheistic.) The difference between them is only that the Father begets the Son, and the Son is eternally begotten of the Father. The Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from the Father. The Son does not beget or proceed; the Father neither proceeds nor is begotten; the Holy Spirit nether begets nor is it begotten. There are no other differences.

The Western (Catholic) tradition is less abstract. In this view, the Son is the Father's perfect conception of his own self. Since existence is among the Father's perfections, his self-conception must also exist. Since the Father is one, there can be but one perfect self-conception: the Son. Thus the Son is begotten by the Father in an act of intellectual generation. By contrast, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the perfect love that exists between the Father and the Son: and as in the case of the Son, this love must share the perfection of real existence. Therefore, as reflected in the filioque clause inserted into the Nicene Creed by the Catholic Church, the Holy Spirit is said to proceed from both the Father "and the Son." The Eastern Orthodox church holds that the filioque clause, i.e., the added words "and the Son" (in Latin, filioque), constitutes heresy. Most Protestant groups that use the creed also include the filioque clause. However, the issue is usually not controversial among them because, their conception is generally less exact than is discussed above. The clause is often understood by Protestants to mean that the Spirit is sent from the Father, by the Son.

One God, Three Persons

Despite this concept of the Trinity, Trinitarian Christians consider theirs a monotheistic faith: the Trinity is regarded as three individual persons, but one God. Several Bible passages suggest this:

• Genesis 1:26: Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
• Genesis 3:22: Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever."
• Genesis 11:7: ''"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
• Isaiah 6:8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Several Jewish and Islamic as well as some Christian theologians have criticized this arithmetic, regarding the doctrine of the Trinity as bordering on, or indeed transgressing into, polytheism and reference passages in the Bible such as:

• Deuteronomy 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.
• Isaiah 44:6: Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Some Muslim scholars have theorized that the Christian viewpoint is a misunderstanding with the terms father and son in the bible being terms of respect as opposed to implying an actual paternal relationship. One argument for this viewpoint is the numerous uses of the phrase "our father" with respect to humanity. This view reflects the Islamic view, which is inconsistent with orthodox Christianity, that Christ was a prophet of God but was not divine himself.

Importance of the Doctrine for the Christian Faith

Many Christians believe that the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity is so central to the Christian faith, that to deny it is to reject the Christian faith entirely. However there have been a number of groups both historical and current which identify themselves as Christians but yet have an alternative view of the trinity. One ancient sect, called Ebionism, said that Jesus was not a "Son of God," but rather an ordinary man who was a prophet -- a view of Jesus shared by Islam. Other groups have an understanding of the Trinity that differs from orthodox formulation shared by Catholics, Protestants, and Eastern Orthodox. These include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Jehovah's Witnesses (who reject the Trinity doctrine entirely), Christian Science, the Unification Church, Unitarian Universalists and Oneness Pentecostals (Who believe that there is one God with no essential divisions in His nature. He is not a plurality of persons, but He does have a plurality of manifestations, roles, titles, attributes, or relationships to man. Furthermore, these are not limited to three).

External links

• "The Oneness of God" by David K. Bernard (Series in Pentecostal Theology, Volume 1)
• [1] Andrei Rublev's icon of the Trinity, with discussion of the history of the Trinity in iconography.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, chapter on the Creed.

Trinitarial Concepts in Non-Abrahamic Religions

In the religion Dianic Wicca as well as other branches of Neopaganism, trinity refers to the Maiden, Mother and Crone (or Virgin, Mother and Crone), three versions of the Goddess and the three stages of a woman's life. This concept is itself derived from much earlier mythologies such as the multi-faceted aspect of Morrigan in Irish mythology and Frigg in Norse mythology. Trinity is also used by Egyptologists to describe the Ancient Egypt deities Osiris, Isis, and Horus.

Many Neopagans' concept of all Gods and Goddesses as aspects of a single divine being is similar to the Christian concept of the Trinity, but Neopaganism is not considered monotheistic. Many Hindus also believe that all their Gods and Goddesses are all aspects or part of a single divine being, but Hinduism is not considered monotheistic either.

A trinity also exists in Hindu tradition (The Trimurti): Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma, the three main gods. Brahma is the God of Creation, the one who has created the world, Vishnu is the Preserver or the one who sustains the world and Shiva is the God of Destruction, the one who destroys the world, after which the whole cycle of creation, preservation and destruction starts all over again.

The Yin Yang symbol, that is present in many oriental religions, is representing a trinity too. It has three parts: the Yin, the Yang and the circle that unifies the whole. Its signification is simple, this is the unity of the love, the lover and the loved one (Ruzbehan de Chiraz).

The main advantage of this system is that it has no inherent hierarchy. Another advantage is at it can represent anybody or any problematic in the life, like the Chinese have done in the book "the Yi-King", the book of the changes.

External links

• http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/yinyang.htm
• http://rigaut.home.cern.ch/rigaut/YiKing.html

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Trinity (disambiguation)

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Trinity can refer to

• the religious, spiritual, or philosophical trinity
• the world's first atomic bomb test on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, about 230 miles south of the Manhattan Project's main laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico (July 16, 1945). Today this 3,200 square mile range, partly located in the desolate Jornada del Muerto Valley, is named the White Sands Missile Range. See Trinity site. [1]
• an interactive fiction game by Infocom (1986), generally considered to be one of Infocom's best. It takes its title from the nuclear test (see above).
• the central female character in the film The Matrix.
• A place in the State of North Carolina in the United States of America: see Trinity, North Carolina.

Also, a number of institutions of further education are named Trinity College, including ones in Cambridge, Oxford, Toronto and Dublin.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

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Trinity College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Trinity is among the largest and richest of the colleges in Cambridge, and is now a home to around 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 160 Fellows.

The college was founded by Henry VIII in 1546 and most of its major buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. Trinity was formed by combining Michaelhouse and King's Hall, two older colleges. Michaelhouse had existed since 1324; King's Hall had been established by Edward II in 1317 and refounded by Edward III in 1337.

Much of the college was re-designed and re-built by Thomas Nevile, who became Master of Trinity in 1593. This work included the construction of Nevile's Court between Great Court and the river River Cam. The Court was completed in the late 17th century when the Wren library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was built.

Its sister college is Christ Church, Oxford, which was founded by Henry VIII the same year.

Trinity's rowing club is the First and Third Trinity Boat Club.

Some famous alumni:

• George Gascoigne 1525-1577 Poet, dramatist - Jocasta, The Glasse of Government
• John Dee 1527-1608 Alchemist, geographer, mathematician
• Edward Coke 1552-1634 Lawyer, politician; Chief Justice of the King's Bench
• Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Lawyer, philosopher; Lord Chancellor
• Henry Spelman 1562-1641 Antiquary - 'Reliquiae Spelmannianae'
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 1566-1601 Soldier, courtier to Elizabeth I; executed for rebellion
• Giles Fletcher 1588-1623 Poet - Christ's Victory and Triumph
• George Herbert 1593-1633 Poet - The Temple; MP (Montgomery)
• Thomas Randolph 1605-1635 Poet, dramatist
• John Suckling (poet) 1609-1642 Poet, dramatist
• John Pell 1610-1685 Mathematician
• Abraham Cowley 1618-1667 Poet, dramatist - The Mistress
• Andrew Marvell 1621-1678 Poet -'Horatian Ode', The Rehearsal Transpros'd; MP (Hull)
• George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1627-1687 Wit, politician, dramatist - The Rehearsal; member of the 'Cabal'
• John Ray 1627-1705 Naturalist; created the principles of plant classification
• John Dryden 1631-1700 Poet Laureate -Absalom and Achitophel; Translator of Virgil
• Francis Willughby 1635-1672 Naturalist
• Isaac Newton 1642-1727 Mathematician, physicist; MP (Cambridge University)
• George Jeffreys 1645-1689 Judge - 'Bloody Assizes'; Lord Chancellor
• Nathaniel Lee 1649-1692 Dramatist - The Rival Queens
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax 1661-1715 Founded Bank of England, 1694; Chancellor of Exchequer
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1662-1748 Politician and Grandee
• John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich 1718-1792 First Lord of the Admiralty; invented the 'sandwich'
• Richard Cumberland 1732-1811 Playwright - The Brothers, The West Indian
• Thomas Nelson 1738-1789 Signatory of the American Declaration of Independence
• Thomas, Lord Erskine 1750-1823 Lord Chancellor, jurist
• George Crabbe 1754-1832 Poet; did not matriculate
• Richard Porson 1759-1808 Classical scholar
• Spencer Perceval 1762-1812 Prime Minister 1809-1812 (Tory); assassinated
• Charles Grey, Earl Grey 1764-1845 Prime Minister 1830-1834 (Whig); Great Reform Act (1832)
• John Lyndhurst 1772-1863 Lawyer; Lord Chancellor
• William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1779-1848 Prime Minister 1834, 1835-1841 (Whig)
• John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer 1782-1845 Known as Lord Althorp; Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Henry Goulburn 1784-1856 Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Adam Sedgwick 1785-1873 Geologist
• George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron 1788-1824 Poet - `She Walks in Beauty', Don Juan
• Charles Babbage 1791-1871 Mathematician; Built the forerunner of modern computers
• Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby 1797-1863 Politician
• Thomas Babington Macaulay 1800-1859 Historian, essayist
• William Henry Fox Talbot 1800-1877 Inventor of photography
• George Airy 1801-1895 Astronomer, geophysicist
• William Smith O'Brien 1803-1864 Irish Nationalist
• Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873 Novelist - The Last Days of Pompeii; politician
• James Challis 1803-1882 Astronomer; twice observed Neptune without noting it, before its discovery
• Frederick D Maurice 1805-1872 Theologian, writer, Christian Socialist
• Augustus De Morgan 1806-1871 Mathematician; symbolic logic
• Richard Chenevix Trench 1807-1888 Poet, Archbishop of Dublin; Theorist of English Language
• James Spedding 1808-1881 Scholar; editor of Bacon's Works
• Monckton Milnes 1809-1885 Politician, man of letters
• Alfred Tennyson 1809-1892 Poet - Maud, In Memoriam
• Edward Fitzgerald 1809-1883 Poet - `The Rubá iyá t of Omar Khayyá m'
• William M. Thackeray 1811-1863 Novelist - Vanity Fair, Henry Esmond
• Tom Taylor 1817-1880 Scottish dramatist; editor of Punch
• Thomas Wade 1818-1895 Diplomat; invented Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration
• Arthur Cayley 1821-1895 Mathematician; non-Euclidean geometry, invented matrices
• Francis Galton 1822-1911 Scientist; meteorology, heredity
• Brooke Westcott 1825-1901 Canon of Westminster, Bishop of Durham
• Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 1826-1893 Foreign Secretary
• William Waddington 1826-1894 French Prime Minister 1879; archaeologist
• William Harcourt 1827-1904 Liberal statesman; home secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Hugh Childers 1827-1896 Australian statesman, then British Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1828-1889 Bishop of Durham; theologian
• Edward White Benson 1829-1896 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1883-1896
• James Clerk Maxwell 1831-1879 Physicist; electromagnetism
• Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire 1833-1908; politician
• John, Lord Acton 1834-1902 Historian
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1836-1908 Prime Minister 1905-1908 (Liberal)
• Michael Foster 1836-1907 Physiologist; MP (London University)
• Henry Sidgwick 1838-1900 Philosopher, major proponent of women's colleges
• George Otto Trevelyan 1838-1928 Historian; MP; Father of G. M. Trevelyan
• Richard Jebb 1841-1905 Greek scholar
• King Edward VII 1841-1910 Reigned 1901-1910
• Frederick Pollock 1845-1937 Jurist
• Edmund Gosse 1845-1928 Poet, critic - On Viol and Flute
• Arthur Balfour 1848-1930 Prime Minister 1902-1905 (Conservative)
• Frederick W. Maitland 1850-1906 Legal historian
• Charles Stanford 1852-1924 Composer, organist
• James Frazer 1854-1941 Anthropologist; writer - The Golden Bough
• A. E. Housman 1859-1936 Poet - A Shropshire Lad; Classical scholar
• A. N. Whitehead 1861-1947 Philosopher, mathematician
• George, Lord Carnarvon 1866-1923 Egyptologist; funded the discovery of Tut'ankhamun's tomb
• Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Marquis of Willingdon 1866-1941 Administrator; Viceroy of India
• Stanley Baldwin 1867-1947 Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37 (Conservative)
• Erskine Childers 1870-1922 Writer, Irish Nationalist - The Riddle of The Sands
• Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 Composer - Sea Symphony, Pilgrim's Progress
• Prince Ranjitsinhji 1872-1933 Cricketer; Indian Prince
• G. E. Moore 1873-1958 Philosopher
• Aleister Crowley 1875-1947 Writer and 'Magician'; 'the wickedest man alive'
• Mohammed Iqbal 1875-1938 Islamic poet and philosopher
• Charles Rolls 1877-1910 Co-founder of Rolls-Royce; aviator
• James Jeans 1877-1946 Astronomer, mathematician; stellar evolution
• Godfrey Harold Hardy 1877-1947 Mathematician; A Mathematician's Apology
• Lytton Strachey 1880-1932 Biographer - Eminent Victorians; Bloomsbury Group
• Leonard Woolf 1880-1969 Writer; husband of Virginia; Bloomsbury Group
• Clive Bell 1881-1964 Art and literary critic; husband of Vanessa
• Alfred Radcliffe-Brown 1881-1955 Social anthropologist
• A. A. Milne 1882-1956 Novelist - Winnie the Pooh
• Arthur Eddington 1882-1944 Astronomer
• John Edensor Littlewood 1885-1977 Mathematician; Fourier Series, Zeta Function
• Harry Philby 1885-1960 Explorer of Arabia; father of Kim
• G. I. Taylor 1886-1975 Physicist, mathematician; Fluid dynamics, crystals
• C. D. Broad 1887-1971 Philosopher
• Srinivasa Ramanujan 1887-1920 Mathematician; analytic number theory, elliptic integrals
• Sydney Chapman 1888-1970 Mathematician, geophysicist; kinetic theory, geomagnetism
• Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889-1951 Philosopher
• Jawaharlal Nehru 1889-1964 First Prime Minister of India, 1949-1964
• George VI of the United Kingdom 1895-1952 Reigned 1936-1952
• Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977 Russian and English novelist - Lolita
• Christopher, Lord Hinton 1901-1983 Nuclear engineer; constructed Calder Hall, the first large scale reactor
• George 'Gubby' Allen 1902-1989 Cricketer - captained England; played in Bodyline series
• Frank Plumpton Ramsey 1903-1930 Philosopher, mathematician, economist
• Otto Frisch 1904-1979 Nuclear physicist; first used the term 'nuclear fission'
• Erskine Childers 1905-1974 President of the Irish Republic, 1973-74
• John Lehmann 1907-1987 Poet, man of letters; inaugurated The London Magazine
• Anthony Blunt 1907-1983 Soviet spy; art historian
• Peter Scott 1909-1989 Artist, ornithologist; Olympic sailor (1936)
• Nicholas Monsarrat 1910-1979 Novelist - The Cruel Sea
• Guy Burgess 1910-1963 Soviet spy and traitor
• Kim Philby 1911-1988 Double agent; communist
• Enoch Powell 1912-1998 Statesman; Minister of Health, 1960-3
• Willie Whitelaw 1918-1999 Statesman; Home Secretary, 1979-83
• John Robinson 1919-1983 Theologian; Bishop of Woolwich, Dean of Trinity
• Raymond Williams 1921-1988 Marxist critic, novelist - The Country and the City
• Rajiv Gandhi 1944-1989 Prime Minister of India, 1984-1989
• Charles, Prince of Wales
• Antony Gormley born 1950 Sculptor, best known for Angel of the North 1968-71

The head of Trinity College is the Master. The first Master was John Redman who was appointed in 1546. The role is a Royal appointment and in the past was sometimes made by the Monarch as a favour to an important person. Nowadays the Fellows of the College, and to a lesser extent the Government, choose the new Master and the Royal role is only nominal. A complete list of the Masters of Trinity is below.

• John Redman 1546-1551
• William Bill 1551-1553
• John Christopherson 1553-1558
• William Bill 1558-1561
• Robert Beaumont 1561-1567
• John Whitgift 1567-1577
• John Still 1577-1593
• Thomas Nevile 1593-1615
• John Richardson 1615-1625
• Leonard Mawe 1625-1629
• Samuel Brooke 1629-1631
• Thomas Comber 1631-1645
• Thomas Hill 1645-1653
• John Arrowsmith 1653-1659
• John Wilkins 1659-1660
• Henry Ferne 1660-1662
• John Pearson 1662-1672
• Isaac Barrow 1672-1677
• John North 1677-1683
• John Montagu 1683-1699
• Richard Bentley 1700-1742
• Robert Smith 1742-1768
• John Hinchliffe 1768-1789
• Thomas Postlethwaite 1789-1798
• William Lort Mansel 1798-1820
• Christopher Wordsworth 1820-1841
• William Whewell 1841-1866
• William Hepworth Thompson 1866-1886
• Henry Montagu Butler 1886-1918
• Joseph John Thomson 1918-1940
• George Macaulay Trevelyan 1940-1951
• Edgar Adrian 1951-1965
• Richard Austen Butler 1965-1978
• Alan Hodgkin 1978-1984
• Andrew Huxley 1984-1990
• Michael Atiyah 1990-1997
• Amartya Kumar Sen 1998-2004
• Martin Rees 2004-

Former Deans

• John Bowker 1984-1991

External links

• Official website: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/

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Trinity College, Oxford

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Trinity College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It stands in Broad Street, next door to Balliol, and is particularly known for its attractive gardens.

History

Trinity College was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas Pope.

Notable Former Students

• Laurence Binyon
• George Ferguson Bowen
• James Bryce
• Richard Francis Burton
• Miles Kingston
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton
• Norris McWhirter
• Henry Moseley
• John Henry Newman
• Arthur Quiller-Couch
• Terence Rattigan
• George Rawlinson
• John Somers, Lord Somers
• James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
• Jeremy Thorpe

Academics/Teachers

• Ronald Syme
• Thomas Warton

External Links

• Official website
  
• History of the college

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Trinity County, California

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Trinity County is a county located in northwestern California, along the Trinity River and among the Cascade Mountains. As of 2000 its population was 13,022. Its county seat is Weaverville. There are no incorporated cities in Trinity County.

History

Trinity County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county were given to Klamath County in 1852 and to Humboldt County in 1853. Klamath County ceased to exist in 1876.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 8,307 km² (3,208 mi²). 8,233 km² (3,179 mi²) of it is land and 75 km² (29 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.90% water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 13,022 people, 5,587 households, and 3,625 families residing in the county. The population density is 2/km² (4/mi²). There are 7,980 housing units at an average density of 1/km² (2/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 88.87% White, 0.45% Black or African American, 4.85% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 0.88% from other races, and 4.38% from two or more races. 3.97% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 5,587 households out of which 25.40% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.50% are married couples living together, 10.10% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% are non-families. 29.50% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.10% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.29 and the average family size is 2.80.

In the county the population is spread out with 22.80% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 22.70% from 25 to 44, 32.10% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 104.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $27,711, and the median income for a family is $34,343. Males have a median income of $31,131 versus $24,271 for females. The per capita income for the county is $16,868. 18.70% of the population and 14.10% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 26.20% are under the age of 18 and 7.20% are 65 or older.

Cities and towns

• Hayfork
• Lewiston
• Weaverville

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Trinity site

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The Trinity Site is the site of the first testing of a nuclear weapon, on July 16, 1945. The site was part of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, now the White Sands Missile Range. The test site is at the northern end of the Range, between the towns of Carrizozo and Socorro, New Mexico in the Jornada del Muerto desert in the southwestern United States. The culmination of the Manhattan Project, the event was code-named Trinity.

There was a pre-test explosion of 100 tons of TNT on May 7 to calibrate the instrumentation. For the actual test, the plutonium core device, nicknamed the gadget, was placed on the top of a 20-metre steel tower for detonation. It had been assembled at the nearby McDonald Ranch House, the components arriving on July 12. It was assembled on the 13th and winched up the tower the following day. In case of failure, a huge steel canister, code-named Jumbo, was prepared to recover the plutonium; it was shipped to the test site but not used. The detonation was planned for 4 a.m. but postponed due to poor weather.

At 5:29:45 a.m. local time (Mountain War Time), the device exploded with a force equivalent to 19 kilotons of TNT. It left a crater in the desert 3 metres deep and 330 metres wide. The shock wave was felt over 160 km away, and the mushroom cloud reached 12,000 m. In the crater the silica of the desert melted and became glass of a light green colour, named trinitite. The crater was filled in soon after the test. The military reported it as a accidental explosion at a munitions dump, and the actual cause was not publicly acknowledged until August 6.

Around 260 personnel were present, none closer than 9,000 metres. At the next test series, Operation Crossroads in 1946, over 40,000 people were present.

The area was declared a national historic landmark in 1975; the public is admitted on the first Saturdays of April and October. There is still a little residual radiation. The Trinity monument, a rough sided dark stone obelisk around 12 ft high, marks the spot.

There have been around 1900 nuclear explosions since Trinity. The U.S. has carried out 1,030 tests (involving 1,125 devices); The Soviet Union 715 tests; France 210; Britain 45; China 45.

References:

• Information for visitors: http://www.atomictourist.com/trinity.htm
• Nuclear-Weapon Archive
• http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/welcome/history/24_trinity.html
• http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN11-03-00/trinity_story.html
• Mapquest

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Trinity, Alabama

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Trinity is a town located in Morgan County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,841.

Geography

Trinity is located at 34°36'14" North, 87°5'10" West (34.603808, -87.086137)¹. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there are 1,841 people, 691 households, and 563 families residing in the town. The population density is 196.4/km² (508.5/mi²). There are 728 housing units at an average density of 77.6/km² (201.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 88.00% White, 9.61% Black or African American, 1.25% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 1.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 691 households out of which 38.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% are married couples living together, 8.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% are non-families. 16.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 2.96. In the town the population is spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $54,271, and the median income for a family is $60,139. Males have a median income of $43,393 versus $27,552 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,467. 6.0% of the population and 4.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.7% are under the age of 18 and 5.8% are 65 or older.

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Trinity, Florida

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Trinity is a town located in Pasco County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,279.

Geography

Trinity is located at 28°10'40" North, 82°40'16" West (28.177854, -82.671139)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 12.2 km² (4.7 mi²). 12.2 km² (4.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 4,279 people, 1,683 households, and 1,479 families residing in the town. The population density is 350.0/km² (906.4/mi²). There are 1,863 housing units at an average density of 152.4/km² (394.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.03% White, 0.98% African American, 0.00% Native American, 1.71% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. 2.83% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,683 households out of which 27.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.6% are married couples living together, 4.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 12.1% are non-families. 9.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 2.71. In the town the population is spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 2.8% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 47 years. For every 100 females there are 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $68,883, and the median income for a family is $72,365. Males have a median income of $57,375 versus $31,384 for females. The per capita income for the town is $31,187. 2.1% of the population and 1.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 1.9% are 65 or older.

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Trinity, North Carolina

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Trinity is a city located in Randolph County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,690.

Geography

Trinity is located at 35°52'25" North, 80°0'37" West (35.873522, -80.010158)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.0 km² (17.0 mi²). 43.8 km² (16.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.59% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 6,690 people, 2,638 households, and 2,057 families residing in the city. The population density is 152.8/km² (395.9/mi²). There are 2,759 housing units at an average density of 63.0/km² (163.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.05% White, 5.04% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,638 households out of which 30.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% are non-families. 18.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 2.86. In the city the population is spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $43,277, and the median income for a family is $48,838. Males have a median income of $35,498 versus $22,208 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,068. 8.6% of the population and 6.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.0% are under the age of 18 and 12.0% are 65 or older.

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Trinity, Texas

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Trinity is a city located in Trinity County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,721.

Geography

Trinity is located at 30°56'44" North, 95°22'32" West (30.945495, -95.375599)¹. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.8 km² (3.8 mi²). 9.8 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 2,721 people, 1,098 households, and 703 families residing in the city. The population density is 277.9/km² (720.2/mi²). There are 1,284 housing units at an average density of 131.2/km² (339.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 57.18% White, 33.88% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.76% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. 10.92% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,098 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% are married couples living together, 19.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% are non-families. 32.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.48 and the average family size is 3.12. In the city the population is spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $24,474, and the median income for a family is $28,678. Males have a median income of $24,470 versus $21,290 for females. The per capita income for the city is $14,320. 24.9% of the population and 15.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 35.6% are under the age of 18 and 24.4% are 65 or older.

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	Brick Church of Trinity (18th century), southwest view taken from Dvina River on sidewheeler, Troitsa, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.		Trinity Cathedral (1684-97), east facade, Solikamsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
	President-elect John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Father Richard J. Casey, the pastor, after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church [...] prior to inauguration ceremonies. Credit: Library of Congress.		Not a modern witches' council - but members of [the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England]. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Copley Square, Trinity Church, Art Museum, Public Library, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.		Capes Trinity & Eternity, Saguenay River. Credit: Library of Congress.
	An altar in the church dedicated to the Trinity, Trampas, N.M. Credit: Library of Congress.		Louis Frey Co., Inc., 66 Trinity Pl., New York City. Machines. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Trinity College. Basketball game in gym on Trinity College campus. Credit: Library of Congress.		Panoramic photo showing Trinity Church, Hotel Westminster, east end of the Museum of Fine Arts, also Boylston St. looking towards city proper, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.
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"Ireland - Trinity 3" by Balázs Kovács Commentary: "Trinity collegue."	"Arcade Shadows" by Eoghan Mcnally Commentary: "Arcade from trinity to nassau st."
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