31. Are the three Divine Persons perfectly equal to one another?The three Divine Persons are perfectly equal to one another, because all are one and the same God.
I and the Father are one. (John 10:30)
that the quoted scripture only covers the equality of the Father and the Son, not of the Son and Spirit, or Father and Spirit.
I'm not by any means saying it isn't true, just that the provided scripture doesn't cover all the possibilities. This is a catechism, not a systematic theology. Brevity is not surprising.
Exactly. I am using the basic Catechism used usually for younger students (like my children).
You’re right, Lee, that the Scripture references in the Baltimore Catechism are not exhaustive. They’re not intended to be, as you observed. An exhaustive coverage of Scripture related to the Trinity would have to include, among other passages, the visitation of the three men (angels?) to Abraham in Genesis, since, as K. pointed out, this was understood by many early Christian writers as a type of the Holy Trinity.
I think this illustrates that there is always more to find, more that God wants us to find, in the Sacred Scriptures. I had never heard of the Trinitarian significance of this episode in Genesis until I read Fr. Cantalamessa’s book on the Trinity. God is so transcendant, and yet immediately present! “In Him we live and move and have our being,” as St. Paul said, quoting a Greek :-).