38. To what has been said shall be added the following from the Confession of the Churches in the Low Countries, received at the Synod of Dort: "I believe in one God, Who is one essence wherein are three Persons in communicable properties, truly and really distinct from eternity namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is the cause, origin and beginning of all things visible and invisible; the Son is the Word, Wisdom and Image of the Father; the Holy Spirit is the eternal Virtue and Power proceeding from the Father and the Son. However, it must be allowed that this doctrine far exceeds the comprehension of the human mind; in fact, we await a perfect knowledge of this in heaven."