In the time after Jesus' resurrection, Christians were confused and needed answers. Jesus had just risen from the dead. The Church now had Jesus and God to look to, but who was the leader of it all? Who were they supposed to worship? Where does the Spirit fit into all this? After much questioning, they looked to Scripture. Christians believed in monotheism and that there is only one God. However, it was only when the Church looked to Scripture that it put together what is now known as the Holy Trinity. The Church found its foundational text in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, known as the Shema. These verses are about Israel worshiping God, repeatedly saying “the Lord only.” Israel had faced many hardships, from slavery to years and years of slavery. Growing up, I was always taught to use a soft pretzel to symbolize the Trinity. The dough is all rolled up into a long, gigantic thread. This symbolized the inseparable nature of the Trinity. Next, the dough was twisted to create distinct rings, all in the same pretzel, but having their own sections. This implied that God is the whole pretzel and that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are their divinely operating circuits. But it's still the whole pretzel. The crossing of the pretzel dough indicates how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work together and overlap in their divine work. Now, baking the pretzel symbolizes the person and their walk with God. Some pretzels take longer to cook than others, which represents the human lifespan. Some pretzels come out with cracks in the cooked dough, signifying hardship or times of tribulation and doubt. But overall the pretzel will eventually be ready to eat, symbolizing death. And as long as the pretzel is not burned (symbolizing a lost soul and Hell), it can achieve its ultimate goal, representing our union with God's army. Another great example of the Trinity is Athanasius' psychological analogy . It suggests that humans are the only creation that can reflect God because we were made in His image. He uses the concepts of memory, understanding, and free will in humans as an analogy to the Trinity. A person has all three of these distinct parts and they all work