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It is important to notice that William Branham's critique of the doctrine of the Trinity is not backed up by a lot of scripture.  So first, he misrepresented the doctrine of the Trinity through a straw man argument (no Trinitarian believes in three Gods), and then critiqued his own misrepresentation of the Trinity.
It is important to notice that William Branham's critique of the doctrine of the Trinity is not backed up by a lot of scripture.  So first, he misrepresented the doctrine of the Trinity through a straw man argument (no Trinitarian believes in three Gods), and then critiqued his own misrepresentation of the Trinity.


=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" or "hypostases," who share a single Divine essence, being, or nature.


==Three Gods?==
==Three Gods?==