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1 John 5:71John.5.7

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car il y en a trois qui rendent témoignage:

KJV

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    It is said: "There are three who bear witness in heaven, the father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost" ( 1 Jn. 5:7 ). To those who ask, "Three what?" we answer, with Augustine (De Trin. vii, 4), "Three persons." Therefore there are but three persons in God. I answer that, As was expl…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    e "Holy Ghost" does not seem to be the proper name of a divine Person. On the contrary, It is said ( 1 Jn. 5:7 ): "There are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost." As Augustine says (De Trin. vii, 4): "When we ask, Three what? we say, Three p…

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