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Faith Q&A › My Faith

If this is so, why do we say that there are Three Persons (or Hypostases)?

The answer

We worship One God, “For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these Three are One” (1 John 5:7).

From this, we have: the Being of God (the Father), the Mind of God (the Son), and the Spirit of God (the Holy Spirit). The Three are One.

If man was created in the image of God and His likeness, then he was created according to an image: a human being, a mind, a spirit, and the three are one.

When we speak of your nature, we say that you have: a mind or a self, reasonable (rational) speech, and a spirit. Speaking of your nature does not negate at all that you are one, and not three.

His Holiness Pope Tawadros II

Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 21.

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His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed. Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo; printed at Saint Mena Monastery Press, Maryut, Egypt. ISBN 978-977-344-149-7.