Of God, His Unity and Trinity (Second Helvetic Confession, 3b)
Ronald Cammenga provides a detailed exposition of the Second Helvetic Confession's doctrine of the Trinity, explaining how God exists as one divine essence while subsisting in three distinct persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The article examines the confession's biblical support for this foundational Christian doctrine while also identifying and condemning various historical heresies that contradict Trinitarian theology.
Previous article in this series: March 15, 2016, p. 275. The third chapter of the SHC concerns the fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith, the doctrine of the Trinity. Convinced of this truth from the very beginning, the Christian church confesses that although God is one divine being, He exists as three distinct persons. Together the three divine persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are the one true and living God. In the first article on this chapter we concerned ourselves with the...
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