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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

7. New Testament Trinity<br />

My Lord and My God<br />

In the Gospel <strong>of</strong> Mathew Jesus himself commands to declare the<br />

gospel in the Trinitarian understanding. Here we have the first<br />

direct statement <strong>of</strong> Trinity where three persons are in one name:<br />

Mt 28.19: Therefore go and make disciples <strong>of</strong> all nations,<br />

baptizing them in the name <strong>of</strong> the Father and <strong>of</strong> the Son and<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Holy Spirit<br />

Here we have an explicit statement <strong>of</strong> three-in-one: it is one<br />

'Name', but contains three persons, Father, Son and the Holy<br />

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