12. With how many signs does Scripture speak about God?

D. With how many signs does Scripture speak about God? M. Four. For either (1) it indicates his essence, which in Latin we also call substance, for example, "I am who am" (Ex 3:14). Or (2) Persons, or according to the Greeks, hypostases, for instance, "Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (Mt 28:19). Or (3) operation, as has been written, "According to the working of the power of his strength, which he worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and making him sit at his own right hand" (Eph 1:19,20). Or (4) comparison of him to his creatures, such as, "But to the King of the ages, uncorrupted, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever" (1 Tm 1:17).