The Baptist Catechism

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

    Question 6

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.a

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.a

    1. a. 1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19

      1 John 5:7

      5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

      5:7 For there are three that testify:

      Matthew 28:19

      28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

      28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

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    Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in substance, essence, equal in power and glory.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 6

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in substance, essence, equal in power and glory.

    Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 6

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.

    The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    There are three persons in the godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory.

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    Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

    Question 9

    How many persons are there in the Godhead?

    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 properties.

    Question 10

    What are the personal properties of the three persons in the Godhead?

    It is proper to the Father to beget the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.

    Question 11

    How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?

    The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names, attributes, works, and worship, as are proper to God only.

    Commentaries (10)

    • Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (2 parts)

      Deut. 6. 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 1 Joh. 5. 7. There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are…

      Hugh Binning’s text

    • Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism

      How many persons are there in the God-head? There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance,…

      Joseph Alleine’s text

    • Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

      How many persons are there in the Godhead? There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three are one God, the same in substance;…

      Thomas Lye’s text

    • Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism

      How many Persons are there in the Godhead? There are three Persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in Substance,…

      Thomas Vincent’s text

    • 1675, An Explicatory Catechism

      How many Persons are there in the God-head? There are three Persons in the God-head, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one God, the same in…

      Its text

    • John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism

      How many Persons are there in the Godhead? There are three Persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one God, the same in substance,…

      John Flavel’s text

    • Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity

      Quest. VI. How many Persons are there in the Godhead? Resp. Three Persons, yet but one God, 1 John 5.7. There are three that bear Record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the…

      Thomas Watson’s text

    • Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism

      How many Persons are there in the Godhead? There are Three Persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these Three are One God; the same in Substance,…

      Matthew Henry’s text

    • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

      Familiar to us as the doctrine of the Trinity is, yet it must never be forgotten what it cost the early Church to bring this fundamental truth out of the Scriptures and get it…

      Alexander Whyte’s text

    • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

      On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 9, which adapts this question

      Is there a plurality in the godhead? Yes. For God said, Let us make man, Is the Son called God? Yes. Who is over all, God blessed for ever, Is the Son eternal as well as the…

      Benjamin Beddome’s text