Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 10
Question 10
What are the personal properties of the three persons in the Godhead?
It is proper to the Father to beget the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.
Hebrews 1:5-65For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
6And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
Hebrews 1:88But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
John 1:1414The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:1818No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
John 15:2626When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
Galatians 4:66And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
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