Of God and of the Holy Trinity

Chapter 2 confesses the one true and living God — eternal, infinite, perfect, sovereign, holy, just, merciful, and gracious. He alone is the proper object of worship and trust. In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The doctrine of the Trinity is not a philosophical add-on; it is the foundation of Christian worship and salvation. The Father elects, the Son redeems, the Spirit applies. Every Christian prayer, every sermon, every act of worship is Trinitarian — addressed to the Father, through the Son, in the Spirit.

To deny the Trinity is to deny the Christian gospel. The 1689 stands with the historic creeds of the church — Nicene, Athanasian, Chalcedonian — in confessing the one God in three persons.

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For the full text of this chapter with scripture proofs, see the1689confession.com or Founders Ministries.