r/EasternOrthodox • u/MrDuclo • May 19 '25

3 Personalities vs. 3 Persons, does it matter?

Someone described God as being 3 personalities vs. Persons.

I would never do so myself.

Is this merely samantics? Can the hypostases ever be translated as personalities?

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u/zayap18 May 20 '25

No. That would be something like modalism.