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I would agree the Trinity is a perfect family if you mean that it possesses all perfection. But the Holy Spirit is far more than just "love".

According to scripture the Holy Spirit possesses all the same characteristics as God the Father and our Lord Jesus. He performed miracles (Matt 1:18), He has his own form (Matt 3:16), He leds us (Matt 4:1), He helps us to witness (Matt 10:20), He helps us to fight against Satan (Matt 12:38), speaking against the Spirit is cause for damnation (Matt 12:32), perfect praise which we offer comes from the Spirit (Matt 22:43), and we should be baptized into the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matt 28:19).

And that's only what Matthew has to say about Him. I think it is an eggressous error to think that the Holy Spirit is nothing more than love between the Father and Son. And just like God the Father and God the Son, God the Holy Spirit also is a God of Wrath as Ananias and Sapphira found out (Acts 5).

The Holy Spirit is a member of the Trinity containing all attributes as God the Father and God the Son. I'm a firm believer that the Holy Spirit in our lives is seldom recognized, underappreciated and rarely utilized. Including my own.

But the Holy Spirit is far more than just "love".

Harley, the scriptural references are appreciated; thank you for taking time to compose.  I sort of agree with your initial comment....

I believe that any human trying to find the absolute correct phrasing, and "box" to hold a tidy description of any part of the Trinity will fall short on words.  Thomas Aquinas didn't finish Summa after a revelation to him; I may be mistaken, but I surmised that what was revealed to him was beyond words, beyond his senses and he became aware of the reality that his efforts would've fallen short.  Additional information and/or correction here is most definitely welcome!

The "family" reference put forth is personally very meaningful and encompasses so much goodness; it is beyond comprehension when the perfect-ness of God and the Trinity is considered and contemplated.  Do you agree, or appreciate what I mean to say?

A discussion on the Almighty Ever Living God will need an absolute infinite number of posts in order to *maybe* come close to capturing in words all that can be said.  It's not an unpleasant exercise by any means though.  :-)  Just my two cents.  Thanks again.

The Holy Spirit is a member of the Trinity containing all attributes as God the Father and God the Son.

The Persons of the Trinity possess the Nature of God, just as all individual human persons possess human nature. Nevertheless, there are specific (logical) distinctions between the Persons of the Trinity that have been revealed to us by God, most notably the relationships between the Persons.