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The sun has never been the sun without its light and heat, and the light and heat cannot exist without their source. In addition, while they may co-exist, they do not produce each other in and of themselves. (ex. You can’t read by the light of a heating pad, nor can you count on getting warm wherever it is bright.)
'''Man:''' It is said that each human has been made in the image of God; and, and as such , each human bears similarities to our Trinitarian Lord and God:
(1) Man's ''nous'' (i.e. complete mind and heart; including intellect, creativity, feelings, morality, intuition, etc.) is like the Father.
(2) Man's flesh (both tangible and a temple of the Holy Spirit), is akin to the Son who became incarnate and was filled with the Holy Spirit.
==Image & Likeness Distinguished==
It should be noted that while each human being is in the ''image'' of God, humans were also created to be in His ''likeness''. This St. Ephrem the Syrian often writes of mankind initially being "robed in glory, however, is where " referring to bearing the fall is evident; for, ''His likeness'' refers of God.<ref>St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns On Paradise, St. Vladimir Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY (1997).</ref> God is good; and, to be ''His goodnesslike'', and to be like HimGod, a person would need needs to be ''good '' as well. This, however, is where ''the Fall'' is evident; for, as St. Ephrem points out, when Adam and Eve looked to themselves to determine right and wrong (daring to become as God without God<ref>Clark Carlton, The Life, Obviously Regina Orthodox Press, Salisbury, MA (2000), p. 22.</ref> choosing their own leadership rather than God's by not waiting to know all have sinned things through and fall from with Him) they became naked--no longer bearing His likeness... no longer "robed in glory." At this aimpoint, we know the tale... in God's mercy, they departed Eden. (For giving them access to the Tree of Life--immortality--when not in God's likeness--would indeed have been a living hell.)
==The Trinity Explained in the Creed==
