The Trinity is three distinct persons in one God. When you start talking about adding honey to tea you have gone beyond your ability to convey truth. Stick to the basics: three persons: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. There is no analogy in created nature that works to describe He Who created them. The name of God is:
I agree, they are 3 distinct hypostases (the Greek word) for the one God. But they are not separate. That would be tri-theism.
God, Himself, gives analogies for us to be able to understand the spiritual realities. The Bible is full of them. He is the fountain of living waters (Jer. 2:13). He is the Bread that came down out of heaven (Jn,. 6:51), He is the Lamb which takes away the sin of the world (Jn. 1:36) and the Lamb standing as having just been slain (Rev. 5:6). He's the ladder from Jacob's dream (Jn. 1:51). He is also the water of life (Jn. 7:38-39), light (1 Jn. 1:5), and on and on.
The Trinity is three distinct persons in one God. When you start talking about adding honey to tea you have gone beyond your ability to convey truth. Stick to the basics: three persons: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. There is no analogy in created nature that works to describe He Who created them. The name of God is:
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
That is the name of God.
I agree, they are 3 distinct hypostases (the Greek word) for the one God. But they are not separate. That would be tri-theism.
God, Himself, gives analogies for us to be able to understand the spiritual realities. The Bible is full of them. He is the fountain of living waters (Jer. 2:13). He is the Bread that came down out of heaven (Jn,. 6:51), He is the Lamb which takes away the sin of the world (Jn. 1:36) and the Lamb standing as having just been slain (Rev. 5:6). He's the ladder from Jacob's dream (Jn. 1:51). He is also the water of life (Jn. 7:38-39), light (1 Jn. 1:5), and on and on.
No one said they were three separate entities.