Q. Why do we call God Father?
A. Because God is our invisible Father in heaven, and because in God there are more persons than one, the first of whom is called the Father.

Q, How many persons are there in God?
A. There are three persons in God.

Q. How are they named?
A. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

Q. Is each one of the three persons God?
A. Yes; the Father is true God, the Son is true God, and the Holy Ghost is true God.

Q. Are these three persons, then, three Gods?
A. No; the three persons are but one and the same God.

Q. Why are the three persons but one God?
A. Because there is but one and the same divine nature, or essence, in the three persons.

Q. Is any of these persons older, or greater than the others?
A. No, all three persons are from all eternity; and each person is as great as the other, because all three are but one and the same God.

Q. What are the three persons in one God called?
A. The Holy Trinity.

Q. What works are chiefly attributed to each of the Divine Persons?
A. Of God the Father we say that He created the world; of God the Son, that He redeemed it ; and of God the Holy Ghost, that He sanctified it, although the works of creation, redemption, and sanctification are common to all three Persons.