This conception differs from the traditional Christian Trinity; within Mormonism, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are not said to be one in substance or essence; instead, they remain three separate beings, or personages, completely united in will, purpose, and every other conceivable attribute, as one God. It also differs totally from the Jewish tradition of ethical monotheism in which elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a completely different conception.