Question 8: Who are the three Persons of God?

Answer: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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Scriptural basis

  • Matthew 28:19

  • 2 Corinthians 13:14

  • 1 Peter 1:2

  • Jude 20–21

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Why is this important?

  1. What word do we usually use when talking about all three?
    [Trinity.]

  2. What does that mean?
    [The three have unity.]

  3. How do we know this?
    [Ultimately through the divine self-disclosure of Himself, who revealed the Father, and poured out the Holy Spirit.]

 

Questions and answers from A Catechism for Boys and Girls by Erroll Hulse from Chapel Library