Commenting on the meaning of “person” within (Creedal/Latin) Trinitarianism, one apologist wrote the following:
[T]here is another sense of the word person that focuses not on separate existence but on relationship; trinitarians believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three “persons” in the sense that each is aware of the others, speaks to the others, and loves and honors the others. Thus, God may be described as “one person” or as “three persons,” depending on the meaning of “persons.” To avoid confusion, however, trinitarians have traditionally agreed to use the word person to refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as distinct from one another. This is the practice followed in the Athanasian Creed. (Robert M. Bowman, Jr. Why You Should Believe in the Trinity: An Answer to Jehovah’s Witnesses [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1989], 13-14).
The above is the theological equivalent of the following:
