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DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY AND 3.4 Three Persons but Same Essence or Nature (al-Dzat) 3.5 Relationship Between God The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit 3.6 The Essence (al-Dzat) of God the Father is in the Son and the Holy Spirit 3.7 God Is Not Splitting Into Three Parts 3.8 The Three Divine Persons Do Not Exist Side By Side In The Divine World 3.9 In the Trinity No One is Greater, Less, Separate Nor Subordinate One to the Other 3.10 Jesus Could Not Be Separated From the Father and the Holy Spirit 3.12 Jesus: God That Became Man (al-Hulul wa al-Ittihad) 3.14 As A Perfect Sin Offering For Mankind: God Became Man |
3.9 In The Trinity No One is Greater, Less, Separate Nor Subordinate One to the Other
Again, because of the Oneness of essence, nature or substance (al-Dzat), the three person of Godhead is coequal and each of them possesses all the attributes of Godhead. The Athanasian Creed states: “And in the Trinity none is before or after another. None is greater or less than another.”[1] The three divine Persons according to the author of “Understanding the Catholic Faith” are perfectly equal to one another because all are One and the same God. Not one of the three Persons precedes the other in time or in power but all are equally eternal and all-powerful because they have the same divine nature.[2] Irenaeus (130-202 C.E), bishop of Lyons, the first great Latin Theologian says that: “The Son and the Father are not separate, nor subordinate one to the other, but One and the same. Christ did not begin to exist, being with the Father from the beginning…”[3] |
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