1 Is There a Covenant in the Trinity? The history of the Reformed doctrine of a covenant among the persons of the Trinity is complicated by numerous issues, not the least of which is the fact that the covenant has often been thought of as a covenant between the Father and the Son, with little or no mention of the Holy Spirit, a discrepancy so great that Herman Hoeksema can refer to it as an implicit, albeit unintentional, denial of the Trinity.1 In addition to the place that the Holy Spirit is thought
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