Gregory of Nyssa's 'That There Are Not Three Gods' explicitly argues that 'God' names a shared nature, yet insists this does not entail tritheism through numerical plurality of substances.
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# 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.
tritheism(Eastern Christian theological controversy; distinguished from the self-understanding of thinkers like Philoponus who denied abandoning monotheism)
A hostile label applied to theologians who, in attempting to make the mystery of the Trinity philosophically intelligible, concluded that the three Persons of the Trinity are three distinct divine substances — not a self-description adopted by those so labeled