Intersection is Largest Subset/General Result

Theorem
Let $T$ be a set.

Let $\powerset T$ be the power set of $T$.

Let $\mathbb T$ be a subset of $\powerset T$.

Then:
 * $\paren {\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X} \iff S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

Family of Sets
In the context of a family of sets, the result can be presented as follows:

Proof
Let $\mathbb T \subseteq \powerset T$.

Suppose that $\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X$.

Consider any $x \in S$.

By definition of subset, it follows that:
 * $\forall X \in \mathbb T: x \in X$

Thus it follows from definition of set intersection that:
 * $x \in \bigcap \mathbb T$

Thus by definition of subset, it follows that:
 * $S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

So:
 * $\paren {\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X} \implies S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

Now suppose that $S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$.

From Intersection is Subset: General Result we have:
 * $\forall X \in \mathbb T: \bigcap \mathbb T \subseteq X$

So from Subset Relation is Transitive, it follows that:
 * $\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T \subseteq X$

So it follows that $\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X$.

So:
 * $S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T \implies \paren {\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X}$

Hence:
 * $\paren {\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X} \iff S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

Caution
Be careful of the way this result is stated:
 * $\paren {\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X} \iff S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

Without the brackets, this would read:
 * $\forall X \in \mathbb T: S \subseteq X \iff S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

That is:
 * For all $X \in \mathbb T$, it is the case that $S \subseteq X$ $S \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

This is not the same thing at all.

For example, if $\mathbb T = \powerset T$ (as it well might), then $T \in \mathbb T$, and $\bigcap \mathbb T = \O$.

This would imply that:
 * $T \subseteq \bigcap \mathbb T$

That is:
 * $T \subseteq \O$

which is obviously rubbish.

Also see

 * Union is Smallest Superset: General Result