Question:
How can Christianity be considered monotheistic when it teaches that the Trinity is composed of three distinct persons? How is that not a form of Polytheism?
Answer:
No, Christianity is indeed monotheistic. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit—the three persons of the Holy Trinity—are united as one God because they each wholly possess the same divine nature. As such, they are each distinct, uncreated Spirits. And it’s important to emphasize “distinct” vs. “separate,” as “separate” would indeed imply polytheism. Instead, we have one God, because they each wholly possess the same divine nature.
Of course, only the Son became man, so he also has a human soul and body.
For more on the Holy Trinity, see CCC 232ff.
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