Reformed Confessions
6–11God and the Trinity
  1. 1The Chief End of Man and the Scriptures
  2. 6God and the Trinity
  3. 12God’s Decrees, Creation and Providence
  4. 21The Fall and Sin
  5. 30The Covenant of Grace and Christ the Mediator
  6. 57The Benefits of Christ’s Mediation
  7. 91The Moral Law and the First Table
  8. 122The Second Table, and Sin’s Desert
  9. 153The Means of Grace

Westminster Larger Catechism · Q 6–11

God and the Trinity

  • Questions 6–11

Questions & Answers

Q6

What do the scriptures make known of God?

A.

The scriptures make known what God is,1 the persons in the Godhead,2 his decrees,3 and the execution of his decrees.4

  1. 1Heb. 11:6
  2. 21 John 5:7
  3. 3Acts 15:14–15; Acts 15:18
  4. 4Acts 4:27–28
Q7

What is God?

A.

God is a Spirit,1 in and of himself infinite in being,2 glory,3 blessedness,4 and perfection;5 all-sufficient,6 eternal,7 unchangeable,8 incomprehensible,9 everywhere present,10 almighty,11 knowing all things,12 most wise,13 most holy,14 most just,15 most merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.16

  1. 1John 4:24
  2. 2Exod. 3:14; Job 11:7–9
  3. 3Acts 7:2
  4. 41 Tim. 6:1
  5. 5Matt. 5:48
  6. 6Gen. 17:1
  7. 7Ps. 90:2
  8. 8Mal. 3:6; Jas. 1:17
  9. 91 Kgs. 8:27
  10. 10Ps. 139:1–13
  11. 11Rev. 4:8
  12. 12Heb. 4:13; Ps. 147:5
  13. 13Rom. 16:27
  14. 14Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4
  15. 15Deut. 32:4
  16. 16Exod. 34:6
Q8

Are there more Gods than one?

A.

There is but one only, the living and true God.1

  1. 1Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4; 1 Cor. 8:6; Jer. 10:10
Q9

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 properties.1

  1. 11 John 5:7; Matt. 3:16–17; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 10:30
Q10

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

A.

It is proper to the Father to beget the Son,1 and to the Son to be begotten of the Father,2 and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.3

  1. 1Heb. 1:5–6; Heb. 1:8
  2. 2John 1:14; John 1:18
  3. 3John 15:26; Gal. 4:6
Q11

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 names,1 attributes,2 works,3 and worship,4 as are proper to God only.

  1. 1Isa. 6:3; Isa. 6:5; Isa. 6:8; John 12:41; Acts 5:3–4; Acts 28:25; 1 John 5:20
  2. 2John 1:1; John 2:24–25; Isa. 9:6; 1 Cor. 2:10–11
  3. 3Col. 1:16; Gen. 1:2
  4. 4Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14

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