Any account of the Trinity must allow that the Persons differ at least in respect of origin: only the Son is begotten, only the Spirit proceeds, and only the Father begets the Son.
Comes forth or originates from; in Christian theology, the Holy Spirit is said to 'proceed' from the Father (and sometimes the Son), describing its divine origin.
Trinity
# Trinity
The Trinity is the Christian belief that God exists as three distinct persons—the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit—while remaining one God. These three are understood as co-equal and eternal, working together as a unified divine being. This concept is central to most Christian denominations, though different traditions interpret and explain it in various ways.
Fourth, it is self-evident that if any x and any y are numerically identical, it follows that x and y can’t ever differ. But arguably any account of the Trinity must allow that the Persons differ at least in respect of origin, so that only the Son is begotten, only the Spirit proceeds, and only the Father begets the Son.