“ One of the ideas to which he was most strongly attached ​ — the image of the Christian Trinity as symbolized by a geometric sphere and, hence, the visible, created world — ​ was literally a reflection of this divine mystery (God the Father:: centre; Christ the Son:: circumference; Holy Spirit:: intervening space). ” ​ — Encyclopædia Britannica.
فهذا الشكل هو الانعكاس الحرفي للسر الالهي (‏ الله الآب :‏ المحور ،‏ المسيح الابن :‏ محيط الدائرة ،‏ الروح القدس :‏ المساحة بينهما )‏ » .‏ —‏ دائرة المعارف البريطانية .‏