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 :''If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and '''we''' will come unto him, and make '''our''' abode with him.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Jn 14:23.</ref>
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+=The Historic Doctrine of the Trinity=
+So that we are all on the same page, a basic definition of the Trinity is necessary:
+:'''Within one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.'''<ref>James White, The Forgotten Trinity, Bethany House Publishing, 1998</ref>
+Commonly referred to as "One God in Three Persons", the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are identified as distinct and co-eternal "persons" who share a single Divine essence, being, or nature.
 =William Branham's flawed view of history=
+William Branham believed that prior to the Council of Nicea, which met in 325 A.D., the doctrine of the Trinity did not exist.  However, his understanding was wrong.  He also incorrectly believed that the Nicene Council made a determination between the doctrine of the Trinity and Oneness.  The actual dispute was between the doctrine of the Trinity and Arianism, a belief that Jesus was a created being.