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| 24. Is there only one God? |
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| Yes, there is only one God. |
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| 25. How many persons are there in God? |
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| In God there are three divine Persons--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
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| The Father is God and the first Person of the Blessed Trinity. |
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| The Son is God and the second Person of the Blessed Trinity. |
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| 28. Is the Holy Spirit God? |
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| The Holy Spirit is God and the third Person of the Blessed Trinity. |
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| 29. What do we mean by the Blessed Trinity? |
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| By the Blessed Trinity we mean one and the same God in three divine Persons. |
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| 30. Are the three divine Persons really distinct from one another? |
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| The three divine Persons are really distinct from one another. |
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| 31. Are the three divine Persons perfectly equal to one another? |
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| The three divine Persons are perfectly equal to one another, because all are one and the same God. |
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| 32. How are the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, one and the same God? |
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| The three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God because all have one and the same divine nature. |
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| 33. Can we fully understand how the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God? |
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| We cannot fully understand how the three divine Persons, though really distinct from one another, are one and the same God because this is a supernatural mystery. |
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| 34. What is a supernatural mystery? |
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| A supernatural mystery is a truth which we cannot fully understand, but which we firmly believe because we have God's word for it. |
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