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"So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy
Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet
they are not three Gods, but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the
Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords, but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every
Person by himself to be both God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic
Religion, to say, there be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made
of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone,
not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and
of the Son, neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So
there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy
Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or after
other; none is greater, or less than another; but the whole three persons
are co-eternal together and co-equal. So that in all things, as is aforesaid,
the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped."