The Westminster Larger Catechism
Questions 6—11: On God the Holy Trinity
WHAT MAN OUGHT TO BELIEVE
CONCERNING GOD.
Q. 6. What do the scriptures make known of God?
A. The scriptures make known what God isa,
the persons in the Godheadb, his decreesc,
and the execution of his decreesd.
a Heb. 11:6 b
1 John 5:17 c Acts 15:14,15,18 d Acts 4:27,28
Q. 7. What is God?
A. God is a Spirita, in and
of himself infinite in beingb, gloryc,
blessednessd, and perfectione;
all-sufficientf, eternalg,
unchangeableh, incomprehensiblei,
every where presentk, almightyl,
knowing all thingsm, most wisen,
most holyo, most justp,
most merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness
and truthq.
a John 4:24 b
Exod. 3:14; Job 11:7-9 c Acts 7:2 d
1 Tim. 6:15 e Matt. 5:48 f
Gen. 17:1 g Ps. 90:2 h
Mal. 3:6; James 1:17 i 1 Kings 8:27 k
Ps. 139:1-13 l Rev. 4:8 m
Heb. 4:13; Ps. 147:5 n Rom. 16:27 o
Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4 p Deut. 32:4 q
Exod. 34:6
Q. 8. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only, the living and true Goda.
a Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4,6;
Jer. 10:10
Q. 9. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There be three persons in the Godhead, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true,
eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although
distinguished by their personal propertiesa.
a 1 John 5:7; Matt.
3:16,17; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 10:30
Q. 10. What are the personal properties of the
three persons in the Godhead?
A. It is proper to the Father to beget the Sona,
and to the Son to be begotten of the Fatherb,
and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all
eternityc.
a Heb. 1:5,6,8 b
John 1:14,18 c John 15:26; Gal. 4:6
Q. 11. How doth it appear that the Son and the
Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?
A. The scriptures manifest that the Son and the
Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such namesa,
attributesb, worksc, and
worshipd, as are proper to God only.
a Isa. 6:3,5,8 compared
with John 12:41 and with Acts 28:25; 1 John
5:20; Acts 5:3,4 b John 1:1; Isa. 9:6; John
2:24,25; 1 Cor. 2:10,11 c Col. 1:16; Gen 1:2 d
Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14
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