3.4 Three Persons but same Essence
or Nature (al-Dzat)
The Catechism of the
Catholic Church pronounce:
“We firmly believe and
confess without reservation that there is only one true God ...the Father,
and the Son and the Holy Spirit; three persons indeed, but one
essence, substance or nature entirely simple.”
The Augusburg Confession
of June 25, 1530, which formularize the teachings of Protestantism, has
described the Trinity in these words:
“There is one divine
essence which is eternal yet there are three persons of the same
essence and power, who are co-eternal; the Father, the Son and the
Holy Ghost.”
