Another power accordingly is produced, which exists with properties of its own—a kind of breath, as Scripture says, of the primal and unbegotten power of God, deriving from Him its being, and never at any time non-existent. For if any one were to assert that it did not formerly exist, but came afterwards into existence, let him explain the reason why the Father, who gave it being, did not do so before. And if he shall grant that there was once a beginning, when that breath proceeded from the power of God, we shall ask him again, why not even before the beginning, which he has allowed; and in this way, ever demanding an earlier date, and going upwards with our interrogations, we shall arrive at this conclusion, that as God was always possessed of power and will, there never was any reason of propriety or otherwise, why He may not have always possessed that blessing which He desired. By which it is shown that that breath of God's power always existed, having no beginning save God Himself. Nor was it fitting that there should be any other beginning save God Himself, from whom it derives its birth. And according to the expression of the apostle, that Christ is the power of God, it ought to be termed not only the breath of the power of God, but power out of power. (Book I, Chapter 2, Part 9)

Jews, Muslims, Christian Unitarians and others critique Trinitarianism as conflicting with monotheism. I have often been sympathetic to these concerns.

But among its most thoughtful advocates, the Trinity is a means to better perceive the singular character of the One God.

Just as we might consider breathing a characteristic of existence - neither preceding nor following other primal characteristics - so are Father, Son, and Spirit all at once, everywhere.

God has no beginning and no end, so the various characteristics of God have no beginning and no end but exist as a fundamental whole.

If I understand Origen's Trinitariansim and if I understand Wiggenstein's sense of tautology, then the Trinity might be expressed as:

which may communicate both the unity and mystery of the trinity more accurately than the typical icon.