persons are not so many parts jointly constituting the divine essence, as body and soul are the two constituent parts of a human being; nor are they merely three qualities or modes of operation adopted by the divine being on different occasions, so that we call him the Father when we see him creating the world, the Son when he performs the work of redemption, and the Holy Spirit when he sanctifies our hearts. No. “Person” means that which subsists of itself; or, in more modern language, “person”