A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 6
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 6
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How many persons are there in the God-head?
There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Are there many persons in the Godhead?
Yes.
How many?
Three.
Do all these three persons subsist in the same essence, or God-head?
Yes.
Are there three God-heads?
No.
Which of these three persons was made man for us, and became our Redeemer?
The Son.
Is the Son God as well as the Father?
Yes.
Is the Holy Ghost God?
Yes.
Are there three Gods then?
No but one, and the same.
What are these the same in, in personal properties?
No.
In what then?
In substance, or essence.
Is one of these persons greater than the other?
No.
Are they equal?
Yes.
What are they equal in?
In power, and glory.
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