On the Mystery of Numbers

Faith is.

Faith toward God is a thing unfathomable, incomprehensible, unseen, ungraspable, unstained, silently honored, and worshipped in the mind; it is the soul's foundation, the living root of life, an unfading branch, the fruit of immortality, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, and the justification of all the holy.

Regarding the Holy Trinity: the Trinity is simple, uncompounded, indivisible, unutterable, inexplicable, and indissoluble: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; they are of one substance in all things, according to harmony, according to power, according to energy, according to divinity, and according to magnitude, being divided only in subsistence and name, yet united in power and in works.

The Trinity existed before the ages, without beginning, without end, without decay, without death, without limitation, neither deserving nor lacking, always remaining the same as itself, not newly found, but always worshipped, proclaimed by the apostles, and magnified by the faithful Church; it is almighty, all-seeing, the Creator, loving, good, unhindered, and perfect.

For the number of the Trinity itself, as it is presented in the divine Scriptures, is mysterious and a wonder.

The cherubim sing 'Holy, holy, holy' to the Lord.

There are three great elements: heaven, earth, and sea.

There are three things in us: mind, spirit, and word.

There were three fathers: Adam, Seth, and Enoch.

There were three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Three angels appeared to Abraham by his tent.

Abraham's sacrifice lasted three days.

Sarah took three measures of fine flour and set them before the angels.

Jacob peeled three rods and set them in the watering troughs.

After three decades, Joseph became king.

Moses was hidden by his parents for three months.

The Egyptians suffered three times three, or nine, plagues.

After three months from Egypt, the law was written on stone tablets.

The wilderness provided three good things: water, quail, and manna.

Moses appeared before the Lord three times.

There were three priests: Moses, Aaron, and Samuel.

There were three mighty commanders: Joshua son of Nun, Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Phinehas.

Three men stood by the rock against Amalek: Moses, Joshua, and Hur.

There were three mighty judges: Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson.

There were three elders of the sons of Israel: Moses, Job, and Daniel.

Daniel fasted for three weeks.

Three boys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did not worship the golden image.

As Solomon said, the earth trembles at three things: if a servant becomes king, and a fool is filled with food, and a hateful woman happens to a good man.

Three things are never satisfied: Sheol, the lust of a woman, and cracked earth.

Three things are beyond tracing: the track of an eagle in flight, the way of a serpent on rock, and the path of a ship in the sea.

Three things go prosperously: a lion's cub stronger than beasts, a rooster walking among hens, and a he-goat leading the flock.

The woman of Tekoa, the Shunammite woman, and Abigail were three wise women; for the one rescued the man Nabal, the one rescued Absalom by craft, and the one having run to the son of the prophet and not having ignored, saved him.

Three women were prophetesses and tambourine players: Miriam, Deborah, and Judith.

Three holy women: Sarah, Rebekah, …