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A Digest on the Trinity - Part 8: The Holy Spirit

This article is the eighth in a series called A Digest on the Trinity. 

- Nicene Creed

If the portion of the Nicene Creed on the Father was short because His deity and…

A Digest on the Trinity - Part 7: The Son

This article is the sixth in a series called A Digest on the Trinity.

- Nicene Creed

If the portion on the Father was the shortest …

A Digest on the Trinity - Part 6: The Father

This article is the fifth in a series called A Digest on the Trinity.

"We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible."

- Nicene Creed

Perhaps it is telling that the Nicene Creed, the standard of Trinitarian orthodoxy, has its shortest paragraph expositing on the person of the Father. When the church came toge…

A Digest on theTrinity - Part 5: External Acts

This article is the fourth in a series called A Digest on the Trinity.

In the previous article, we looked at the eternal processions as the way to distinguish between the otherwise indistinguishable persons in the simple being of God. We noted how the Son proceeds from the Father in eternal generation and the Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son in eternal spiration.

A Digest on the Trinity - Part 4: Eternal Processions

This article is the third in a series called A Digest on the Trinity.

In this article, we consider the issue of God’s diversity by looking at the eternal processions within God.

A residual issue from divine simplicity

In the previous article, we looked at the doctrine of divine simplicity and how it ensures that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one in the same God and …