Originally posted by Chrawnus
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The word “person” carries a lot of baggage in my opinion. The use of the word “person” brings to our minds three people, like Tom, Dick and Harry. All three are people and all three are separate beings.
This is not how the word “person” is used in the Trinity. In the nature of the one God, the One Being who is God, there are three centers of consciousness, who we call “persons.” These persons are equal. The Trinity is an absolute unity and they relate to one another in love. The Trinity is relational.
Unlike people or human persons the persons of the Trinity are not separable from one another, they indwell each other.
“Persons” means there are three personal distinctions within God, each who is fully God, yet only one God.
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