etic ▁figure , ▁though ▁a ▁mort al ▁one , ▁by ▁Christian ▁sch ol ars . ▁Early ▁medieval ▁Christians ▁such ▁as ▁August ine ▁believed ▁that ▁a ▁eu hem er ised ▁Herm es ▁Tr ism eg ist us ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁ancient ▁pag an ▁proph et ▁who ▁predicted ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁in ▁his ▁writ ings . ▁Some ▁Christian ▁philosoph ers ▁in ▁the ▁medieval ▁and ▁Renaissance ▁periods ▁believed ▁in ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁" pr is ca ▁the ologia ", ▁a ▁single ▁thread ▁of ▁true ▁the ology ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁found ▁unit ing ▁all ▁relig ions . ▁Christian ▁philosoph ers ▁used ▁Herm etic ▁writ ings ▁and ▁other ▁ancient ▁philosoph ical ▁literature ▁to ▁support ▁their ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁pris ca ▁the ologia , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁Herm es ▁Tr ism eg ist us ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁Mos es , ▁or ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁in ▁a ▁line ▁of ▁important ▁proph ets ▁after ▁En och ▁and ▁No ah . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 0 th ▁century ▁S uda ▁attempted ▁to ▁further ▁Christian ize ▁the ▁figure ▁of ▁Herm es , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁" He ▁was ▁called ▁Tr ism eg ist us ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁pra ise ▁of ▁the ▁tr inity , ▁saying ▁there ▁is ▁one ▁divine ▁nature ▁in ▁the ▁tr inity ." ▁ ▁Tem ples ▁There ▁are ▁only ▁three ▁tem ples ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁specifically ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Herm es ▁during ▁the ▁Class ical ▁Greek ▁period , ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁in ▁Arc ad ia . ▁Though ▁there ▁are ▁a ▁few ▁references ▁in