These three Persons are not three Gods: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all one and the same God.
The doctrine of the Trinity does not teach the existence of three separate gods. Christianity is strictly monotheistic, meaning that there is only one God. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct Persons, yet they possess one and the same divine nature. Each Person is fully God, not one-third of God, but there are not three Gods because there is only one divine essence. This mystery cannot be fully comprehended by human reason, yet it does not contradict reason. Throughout history, the Church has carefully defended this truth against misunderstandings that either divided God into three separate beings or denied the distinction between the Persons. The mystery of the Trinity teaches that Gods very nature is love, because from all eternity the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit exist in perfect communion. Christians therefore worship one God in three divine Persons.
The Trinity is One. We do not confess three Gods, but one God in three Persons, the consubstantial Trinity. The divine Persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire.
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.
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