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It's further developed in the Athanasian creed that the Trinity is understood as one God (homoousios - same substance), but three persons.

There are various other Creeds used that make things even more explicit such as the Athanasian Creed.

Do you have to affirm the Athanasian Creed and indivisibility and coeternity of the Trinity as part of the signup process?

I hadn't heard of the Athanasian Creed or know much about Catholicism, that's interesting.

I cited the Athanasian Creed to expose a contradiction with what the Pope says.

The BoM, for example, quite clearly supports trinitarian monotheism[4], a doctrine that has existed in Christianity since its inception and was formalized in the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds.

(and from the article this seems to be a constant in his actions) > One of the most sacred Christian texts, the Athanasian Creed Never heard of that text.

According to the Christian doctrine, this is wrong, that is not the true God, and without believing in the Holy Trinity you are not going to Heaven (this is clearly spelled in the Athanasian Creed and in many others documents, has been said many times during the history of the Church, being also confirmed by Vatican II, see also below).

One of the most sacred Christian texts, the Athanasian Creed, begins with the following sentence: "Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith.

> One of the most sacred Christian texts, the Athanasian Creed, begins with the following sentence: "Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith.

(An exception is made for people who didn't get to know the message of Christ in their lifetime, see below.) > "Today, the Athanasian Creed is rarely used even in the Western Church." That's right, it is not used in day-to-day celebrations, except once per year.

And a quick visit to Wikipedia tells me: "Today, the Athanasian Creed is rarely used even in the Western Church." After those two remarks, I don't think your statements are in way representative for a common way to understand the Catholic religion nor for the official Vatican position.

I would highly recommend the reading of what are referred to as the three Ecumenical Creeds which break into some detail the nature of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (in particular the third creed, the Athanasian).