Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 4
Q & A 8
Q Are there more Gods than one?
A There is but one only, the living and true God.*1
Q & A 9
Q How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A There be three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by their personal properties.*2
Q & A 10
Q What are the personal properties of the three persons in the Godhead?
A It is proper to the Father to beget the Son,*3 and to the Son to be begotten of the Father,*4 and to the Holy Spirit to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.*5
Q & A 11
Q How does it appear that the Son and the Holy Spirit are God equal with the Father?
A The Scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Spirit are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names,*6 attributes,*7 works,*8 and worship,*9 as are proper to God only.
*1 Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Jeremiah 10:10.
*2 1 John 5:7; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 10:30.
*3 Hebrews 1:5-6, 8.
*4 John 1:14, 18.
*5 John 15:26; Galatians 4:6.
*6 Isaiah 6:3, 5, 8; John 12:41; Acts 28:25; Acts 5:3-4.
*7 John 1:1; Isaiah 9:6; John 2:24-25; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11.
*8 Colossians 1:16; Genesis 1:2.
*9 Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14.
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