1689 LBCF ch. 2: Of God and of the Holy Trinity
Source: 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (Chapter 2) · creed
One God, infinite in being and perfection. Three subsistences — the Father, the Word (Son), and the Holy Spirit — of one substance, power, and eternity, each of which is undivided God.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Rufinus of Aquileia, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed (c. AD 404)
- manuscript_tradition: Pirminius, De singulis libris canonicis scarapsus (c. AD 750) — earliest received form
- translation: Latin (Symbolum Apostolicum) — Western Church
- citation_tradition: Cited by every major catechism since 8th century
- republication: CCEL — Creeds of Christendom (Schaff)
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