The concept of the three-faced Trinity was a daring attempt to reconcile the oneness and threeness of God in a single anthropomorphic form. However, it proved highly controversial. Following the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church condemned the Vultus Trifrons motif, with Pope Urban VIII officially banning it in 1628. The Church argued it was anthropomorphically incorrect and too closely resembled pagan deities or the monster Cerberus. As a result, many of these paintings and frescoes were ord...