Question 6

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How many persons are there in the Godhead?

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.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

a1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19

Commentary

An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on this question
Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on Q. 5–6
Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on Q. 5–6

Related texts

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 6, symbolics.dev/wsc/6

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