Assertio vera de Trinitate, contra quorundam deliramenta quae ex Serveti aliorumque phanaticorum hominum opinionibus nunc primum in quibusdam Hungariae partibus exorta ac publicata sunt

Cyril, Augustine, Bede, and many others omit this testimony of the Father, the Word, and the Spirit in their books; yet they possess perverted Greek and Latin copies, such as the Rhodian, British, Hispanic, and Constantian. Regarding these, see the Annotations of Erasmus on 1 John 5.

3. From the name of God expressed in the plural, Genesis 1. Where in the Hebrew it is read: In the beginning created Elohim, which is a plural Divine name: and since it is joined with a verb of the singular number, namely, Created, it shows the unity of the Divinity. Joshua, at the end: You will not be able to serve the Lord, who are Gods Himself. Here, He Himself is placed in the singular, Gods in the plural, to demonstrate the unity of the essence of God and the plurality of the Persons. Jeremiah 23: You have perverted the words of the living Gods. For so it is in the Hebrew language, to demonstrate the plurality of the Persons. Malachi 1: If I am the Lord, where is my fear? By which voice the plurality of Persons is signified. Isaiah 6: Whom shall I send? Or who will go for us? Jerome also observed this, that after He said, Whom shall I send? he subjoins, And who will go for us? Here the mystery of the Unity and Trinity of God is noted. Of the Unity, in that He says, Whom shall I send? Of the Trinity, in that which is added, And who will go for us?

4. From the name and act of God expressed in the plural,