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relation_n of_o paternity_n filiation_n and_o procession_n they_o first_o declare_v to_o be_v no_o predicamental_a relation_n for_o than_o they_o must_v have_v be_v esteem_v proper_a modes_n 410._o modus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la quid_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la attingat_fw-la absolutam_fw-la rationem_fw-la entis_fw-la suarez_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 4._o n._n 11._o p._n 410._o and_o the_o schoolman_n be_v never_o so_o silly_a as_o to_o believe_v there_o be_v any_o thing_n so_o imperfect_a as_o a_o mode_n in_o god_n they_o never_o believe_v a_o substantiale_fw-la quid_fw-la which_o be_v not_o so_o perfect_a as_o a_o substance_n in_o god_n they_o call_v the_o divine_a relation_n transcendental_a relation_n which_o in_o our_o imperfect_a way_n of_o conception_n be_v but_o as_o so_o many_o substantial_a modes_n perfect_v the_o one_o absolute_a subsistence_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n they_o believe_v each_o distinct_a divine_a 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