"Ranking" or as the Eastern Orthodox say, "procession", has nothing to do with the ontological Nature of God's Divine Essence or Being, but rather is speaking to the working of the Three Persons in Creation and Redemption, as speaking to the roles of the Three Persons.
Unfortunately, the Mormons and other heretics cherrypick snippets from early church fathers, taking them out of their greater context, and misapply their own misconceptions to them just as they do the Scriptures.
“”Ranking” or as the Eastern Orthodox say, “procession”, has nothing to do with the ontological Nature of God’s Divine Essence or Being, but rather is speaking to the working of the Three Persons in Creation and Redemption, as speaking to the roles of the Three Persons.”
Yes - that is an eloquent way of stating what I was trying to grasp at.
The three beings have their own “role” to play, which in no way indicates they are 3 separate “gods”, but 3 beings of the same divine substance acting in unison with each other.