The Trinity-- Three persons in One God Three leaves on one stem.
a shamrock!
St. Patrick would hold the shamrock up and ask the people that were listening to him if the shamrock was one leaf or three. They would reply it was both one leaf and three leaves. He explained it was the same with the Holy Trinity. God is one God in three persons. The Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit.
A shamrock is a three leaf clover. There are very rare shamrocks, though. These ones are four leaf clovers. The four leaf clovers is the most rarest leaves ever.
Patrick used the shamrock to explain or illustrate the Blessed Trinity. One leaf, three parts: One God, three persons.
The Trinity (three in one).Patrick used the shamrock to help teach the Trinity - one leaf, three parts, one God, three persons.The shamrock represents the Holy Trinity, in that the three leaves signify the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Each of the three leaves is part and parcel of the overall shamrock, symbolizing the unity of the three parts of the Almighty.St Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity. According to Roman Catholicism this supernatural mystery (a mystery the human mind can never fully understand) teaches that there are three separate supernatural Persons or beings, God, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit which coexist as One. The shamrock illustrates this mystery by having three leaves, each representing a Person of the Holy trinity, but all on the one stem.
To show the trinity the Christians believe that God is three people in one and a shamrock has three petals on it.
The four-leaf clover is often confused with the shamrock. While the four-leaf clover is a symbol of good luck, the three-leafed shamrock is mainly an Irish Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity and has a different significance.
Saint Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the Blessed Trinity - one leaf with three parts; one God with three persons.
According to Irish legend, St. Patrick used the Shamrock's three leaves to teach the pagans about Christianity. It symbolized the Holy Trinity with each leaf representing the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. When it's found with the additonal fourth leaf represents God's Grace.
It has 3 leaf... the first one is father, second one is son, and the last one is for holy spirit!
3-Leaf Clover, is Ireland's most recognized National Symbol.In mind of this St. Patrick used to the Shamrock to explain the concept of the holy trinity - that God was composed of three entities - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit - yet each entitiy was part of the other just like the shamrock has three leaves but a single stem.
The lucky three-leaf shamrock is the national flower of Ireland.