1. The Separate and Individual Existence of the Holy Ghost: The proofs which set off the Father and Son as separate and distinct personalities, which present them to us as two separate individuals, also presents the Holy Ghost as a separate and distinct personality. For whether we contemplate these divine personages when the three are represented together, as at the baptism of the Christ,[A] in the vision of St. Stephen,[B] in the baptismal formula,[C] or in the apostolic benediction,[D] they are always presented in a manner that implies distinctiveness as persons, however closely united in purpose.
[Footnote A: Matt. iii:16, 17.]
[Footnote B: Acts vii:54-56.]
[Footnote C: Matt. xxviii:19.]
[Footnote D: II Cor. xiii:12, 14.]
Jesus clearly ascribes to the Holy Ghost a distinct personality. He represents the Holy Ghost as proceeding from the Father;[A] as sent forth in the name of the Son;[B] as abiding;[C] as teaching and as bearing witness;[D] as reproving the world of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment;[E] as guiding into all truth, and revealing the things of God to men.[F]
[Footnote A: St. John xvi:26.]
[Footnote B: St. John xiv:26.]
[Footnote C: St. John xiv:16.]
[Footnote D: St. John xiv:26 and xv:26, 27.]