Around 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 turn to, but who was the leader in all of this? Who should they worship? What is the place of the Spirit in all this? After many questions, they turned to the scriptures. Christians believe in monotheism and the existence of one God. Yet it was only when the Church turned to Scripture that it pieced together what we now call the Holy Trinity. The Church found its founding text in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, known as the Shema. These verses speak of Israel worshiping God, repeatedly saying “the Lord alone.” Israel faced many struggles, 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 completely rolled into one long, giant thread. This symbolized the inseparable nature of the Trinity. Then the dough was twisted to form distinct loops, all within 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 own divinely working loops. But it's still the whole pretzel. The crossing of pretzel dough signifies 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 is a human lifetime. Some pretzels have breaks in the cooked dough, signifying difficulty 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 serve its ultimate purpose, representing our membership in God's army. Another great example of the Trinity is the psychological analogy of Athaniusus. It suggests that human beings are the only creation capable of reflecting God because we were created in his image. He uses the concepts of memory, understanding, and free will in humans as an analogy to the Trinity. A person has these three distinct parts and they all work