32. That there is a Divine Trinity is manifest from the Lord's words in Matthew:

Jesus said, Go ye therefore, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19.

Also from these words in the same Evangelist:

When Jesus was baptized, . . . lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove and alighting upon Him and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3:16-17.

The reason the Lord sent His disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit was because in Him, then glorified, was the Divine Trinity; for in the preceding verse, Matthew 28:18, He says:

All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.

and in the 20th verse:

Lo, I am with you all the days, even unto the consummation of the age. Matthew 28:20

Thus, He spoke of Himself alone, and not of three. Again, it is written in John:

The Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:39

The former words He spoke after His glorification, and His glorification was His complete union with His Father, Who was the Divine Itself in Him from conception; and the Holy Spirit was the Divine proceeding from Him after His glorification see John 20:22.