in each of His manifestations, but denies that there are three Persons
in the Godhead. The facts of Scripture do not accord with such a view of
the Divine Personality. We find each Person addressing the Others and
speaking of Himself and of Them as distinct Persons. Each speaking of
Himself says "I." The Father says "Thou" to the Son, the Son says "Thou"
to the Father, and the Father and the Son use the pronouns "He" and
"Him" with reference to the Spirit. The Father loves the Son, the Son
loves the Father, the Spirit testifies of the Son.[024]

In the Athanasian Creed we find the following statement of this
doctrine:--

"This is the Catholic Faith, that we worship one God in Trinity,
and Trinity in Unity. Neither confounding the Persons nor
dividing the Substance. For the Person of the Father is one, of
the Son another, of the Holy Ghost another. But the divinity of
the Father and the Son and of the Holy Ghost is one, the glory
equal, the majesty equal. Such as is the Father, such also is
the Son, and such the Holy Spirit. The Father is uncreated, the
Son is uncreated, the Holy Spirit is uncreated. The Father is
infinite, the Son is infinite, the Holy Ghost is infinite. The
Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, the Holy Ghost is
eternal. And yet these are not three eternal Beings but one
eternal Being. As also there are not three uncreated beings, nor
three infinite beings, but one uncreated and one infinite
Being."

It is sometimes said that the doctrine of the Trinity is of little
practical importance, but such a view of it is inconsistent with the
teaching of Scripture, and with the atoning work of Christ. It is the