P1. The Creed: L3 - The Unity and Trinity of God

Question 1

Is there only one God?

Answer 1

Yes, there is only one God.

Question 2

How many Persons are there in God?

Answer 2

In God there are three divine Persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Question 3

Is the Father God?

Answer 3

The Father is God and the first Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Question 4

Is the Son God?

Answer 4

The Son is God and the second Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Question 5

Is the Holy Spirit God?

Answer 5

The Holy Spirit is God and the third Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Question 6

What do we mean by the Blessed Trinity?

Answer 6

By the Blessed Trinity we mean one and the same God in three divine Persons.

Question 7

Are the three divine Persons really distinct from one another?

Answer 7

The three divine Persons are really distinct from one another.

Question 8

Are the three divine Persons perfectly equal to one another?

Answer 8

The three divine Persons are perfectly equal to one another, because all are one and the same God.

Question 9

How are the three divine Persons, through really distinct from one another, one and the same God?

Answer 9

The three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God because all have one and the same divine nature.

Question 10

Can we fully understand how the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God?

Answer 10

We cannot fully understand how the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God because this is supernatural mystery.

Question 11

What is a supernatural mystery?

Answer 11

A supernatural mystery is a truth which we cannot fully understand, but which we firmly believe because we have God’s word for it.