and as for the Holy Spirit, they sometimes say, “It is the life of God,” and at other times, “It is the power of God.”

Yet in all the scriptures they possess that are attributed to the prophets, not a single divine attribute is ever called either “the Son” or “the Holy Spirit.” Nowhere does any prophet name God’s knowledge, wisdom, or speech “the Son,” nor do they label God’s life or power “the Holy Spirit.” In prophetic language the term “Holy Spirit” refers to something other than God’s life—such as the angel of God, or what He causes to descend into the hearts of prophets and the righteous in the form of His guidance, light, support, and the like.

Given this, it becomes clear that their interpretation of the Messiah’s—peace be upon him—statement, “Baptize the people in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,” is a blatant falsehood pinned on him. The same holds true for their reading of the prophets’ words as proof of three hypostases; this too is an outright fabrication—like their claim that the phrase “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” establishes three gods. It is self-evident that they are in manifest error and are slandering the prophets, for the God of the three is one God: the God of Abraham is not a different deity from the God of Isaac—even if one were to speak of hypostases.

Accordingly, no rational person would say that one hypostasis is the God of this patriarch while another hypostasis is the God of that patriarch, for such a notion