Question 6

Are there Three Gods?

No. For the Lord is One, and his Name One,^a

Is there more than One Person in the Godhead?

Yes. For God said, Let us make Man,^b

Are there distinct Persons in the Godhead?

Yes. For he that is the Brightness of his Father’s Glory, is the express Image of his Person,^c

Are there Three Persons in the Godhead?

Yes. For there are Three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost,^d

Is the Father God?

Yes. For there is one God, and Father of all,^e

Is Jesus Christ the Word?

Yes. His Name is called the Word of God,^f

Is the Word God?

Yes. For in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,^g

Is the Holy Ghost a Divine Person?

Yes. For the Spirit searcheth all Things,^h

Is it the personal Property of the Father to beget the Son?

Yes. Thou art my Son, this Day have I begotten thee,ⁱ

Is it the personal Property of the Son to be begotten of the Father?

Yes. For he is the only begotten of the Father,^j

Is it the personal Property of the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son?

Yes. For Christ saith, I will send you the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father,^k

Are these Three One God?

Yes. For it is said expressly, These Three are One,^l

Are they the same in Substance, and equal in Power and Glory?

Yes. For Christ saith, I and my Father are One,^m

Can this Doctrine be measur’d by Reason?

No. For Flesh and Blood hath not reveal’d it to us,ⁿ

But ought we to believe it?

Yes. For we are baptiz’d in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,^o And we are bless’d with the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost,^p

And ought we to improve it?

Yes. That we all may be One as the Father is in Christ, and he in the Father, that we also may be One in them,^q