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to_o the_o divine_a relation_n and_o much_o more_o when_o apply_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o they_o understand_v in_o the_o proper_a formal_a sense_n of_o which_o we_o be_v now_o inquire_v second_o if_o the_o animadverter_n can_v get_v over_o the_o first_o difficulty_n 120._o anim._n etc._n etc._n p._n 120._o he_o will_v find_v a_o second_o behind_o how_o one_o simple_a be_v which_o be_v the_o animadverter_n hypothesis_n of_o the_o trinity_n can_v have_v three_o modes_n of_o subsistence_n the_o whole_a school_n of_o the_o thomist_n and_o scotist_n assert_v a_o absolute_a essential_a subsistence_n and_o consequent_o one_o subsistence_n of_o the_o whole_a trinity_n they_o esteem_v the_o three_o divine_a person_n to_o be_v unum_fw-la subsistens_fw-la unum_fw-la suppositum_fw-la aut_fw-la personam_fw-la incompletam_fw-la say_v cajetan_n one_o of_o the_o most_o famous_a commentator_n upon_o aquinas_n to_o which_o suarez_n only_o reply_v 285._o suarez_n de_fw-fr incar_n q_o 3._o act._n 1._o disp_n 11._o s._n 5._o p._n 285._o cavendus_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la loquendi_fw-la modus_fw-la utpote_fw-la alienus_fw-la à _fw-la modo_fw-la loquendi_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o theologorum_fw-la that_o be_v have_v a_o care_n lest_o heretic_n hear_v we_o and_o take_v advantage_n at_o such_o a_o novel_a expression_n otherwise_o suarez_n find_v no_o fault_n with_o the_o doctrine_n and_o indeed_o to_o say_v that_o existence_n or_o subsistence_n by_o itself_o be_v relative_n be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o the_o very_a phrase_n subsistence_n by_o itself_o deny_v all_o relation_n to_o any_o other_o so_o that_o according_a to_o the_o thomist_n and_o scotist_n the_o three_o personality_n be_v not_o three_o modes_n of_o subsistence_n not_o three_o subsistence_n but_o one_o essential_a absolute_a subsistence_n with_o three_o relation_n or_o three_o relative_a modes_n or_o three_o modes_n of_o incommunicability_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v already_o speak_v 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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 relation_n to_o be_v not_o a_o bare_a substantiale_fw-la quid_fw-la but_o a_o most_o perfect_a infinite_a substance_n with_o a_o relative_n form_n or_o as_o they_o often_o speak_v a_o relative_n substance_n and_o here_o i_o must_v again_o acknowledge_v that_o i_o be_o as_o little_a able_a to_o conceive_v a_o relative_n substance_n as_o a_o substantiale_fw-la quid_fw-la before_o 5._o i_o be_o substantia_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la substantia_fw-la quia_fw-la relativum_fw-la erit_fw-la absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la substantia_fw-la relatiuè_fw-la dicatur_fw-la omnis_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la scipsam_fw-la subsistit_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la deus_fw-la st._n austin_n lib._n 7._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 5._o but_o will_v not_o this_o notion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n infer_v a_o high_a composition_n in_o a_o divine_a person_n viz._n of_o two_o substance_n a_o absolute_a substance_n the_o divine_a nature_n and_o a_o relative_n substance_n the_o relation_n they_o answer_v that_o the_o absolute_a and_o relative_n substance_n be_v not_o unite_v but_o identify_v one_o with_o another_o this_o be_v a_o axiom_n to_o the_o schoolman_n 407._o suarez_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 2._o n._n 3._o p._n 407._o in_o divinis_fw-la omne_fw-la sunt_fw-la vnum_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la obviat_fw-la relationis_fw-la oppositio_fw-la but_o there_o can_v be_v pretend_v relationis_fw-la oppositio_fw-la betwixt_o a_o absolute_a and_o relative_n substance_n and_o by_o the_o same_o axiom_n they_o endeavour_v to_o show_v how_o these_o three_o relative_n substance_n may_v be_v one_o absolute_a divine_a nature_n one_o god_n but_o than_o come_v the_o grand_a difficulty_n of_o all_o if_o each_o distinct_a relative_n substance_n be_v the_o same_o or_o identify_v with_o the_o one_o singular_a absolute_a divine_a nature_n be_v not_o the_o three_o relation_n from_o thence_o identify_v one_o with_o another_o be_v not_o this_o a_o infallible_a axiom_n in_o reason_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la eadem_fw-la uni_fw-la tertio_fw-la sunt_fw-la eadem_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la this_o be_v the_o gordian_a knot_n which_o almost_o every_o schoolman_n give_v a_o different_a answer_n to_o but_o at_o last_o they_o be_v general_o oblige_v to_o cut_v it_o and_o deny_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o axiom_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n i_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o give_v this_o account_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o schoolman_n to_o show_v the_o animadverter_n how_o little_a reason_n he_o have_v to_o lay_v so_o great_a a_o stress_n upon_o the_o metaphysic_n of_o modes_n nothing_o be_v far_o from_o the_o thought_n of_o the_o schoolman_n with_o who_o name_n he_o flourish_v so_o often_o than_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v true_a modes_n in_o god_n the_o divine_a relation_n according_a to_o they_o be_v only_a modes_n in_o name_n or_o in_o our_o imperfect_a conception_n of_o they_o as_o for_o my_o own_o private_a opinion_n with_o all_o submission_n to_o better_a information_n 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receive_a language_n not_o only_o of_o the_o greek_a father_n but_o of_o the_o council_n syn._n 5a._o constantin_n can._n 4._o sancti_fw-la patres_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la unitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la animatam_fw-la anima_fw-la rationali_fw-la &_o intellectuali_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la theodori_n autem_fw-la &_o nestorii_n sequaces_fw-la divisione_n gaudentes_fw-la affectualem_fw-la unitatem_fw-la introducunt_fw-la sancta_fw-la dei_fw-la verò_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la utriusque_fw-la perfidioe_fw-la impietatem_fw-la ejiciens_fw-la unitionem_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ad_fw-la carnem_fw-la secundum_fw-la compositionem_fw-la confitetur_fw-la vide_fw-la can._n 7_o huius_fw-la concilii_fw-la 232._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 3._o sect_n 12._o p._n 232._o hear_v petavius_n confession_n christi_fw-la domini_fw-la hypostasin_n sive_fw-la personam_fw-la à _fw-la plerisque_fw-la patribus_fw-la dici_fw-la compositam_fw-la ex_fw-la naturis_fw-la duabus_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la cyrillo_n damasceno_n maximo_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la to_o which_o add_v what_o the_o learned_a suarez_n have_v observe_v 193._o suarez_n de_fw-fr
denominate_v he_o the_o particular_a person_n of_o the_o father_n this_o last_o question_n be_v what_o the_o father_n be_v chief_o concern_v in_o the_o noetianist_n the_o patri-passianists_a rare_o dispute_v the_o personality_n of_o father_n son_n and_o holy-ghost_n none_o who_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o term_n can_v deny_v that_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v each_o of_o they_o a_o proper_a person_n if_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o each_o of_o they_o be_v proper_o god_n none_o can_v imagine_v that_o that_o be_v which_o be_v god_n be_v either_o a_o accident_n a_o part_n or_o to_o please_v the_o animadverter_n a_o adjunct_n to_o any_o other_o be_v those_o only_o deny_v the_o personality_n who_o esteem_v the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n that_o be_v each_o of_o they_o not_o proper_o god_n but_o something_o in_o god_n the_o personal_a word_n or_o wisdom_n of_o god_n the_o father_n or_o his_o personal_a power_n this_o be_v the_o great_a controvert_v debate_n 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this_o natural_a order_n of_o prius_fw-la and_o posterius_fw-la when_o he_o assert_n p._n 98._o that_o the_o father_n be_v formal_o constitute_v a_o person_n by_o his_o own_o personal_a act_n of_o generation_n p._n 249._o that_o personal_a property_n be_v proper_o personality_n p._n 250._o that_o the_o relation_n and_o mode_n of_o subsistence_n make_v but_o one_o single_a indivisible_a mode_n of_o be_v yet_o say_v the_o animadverter_n in_o the_o next_o immediate_a word_n according_a to_o the_o natural_a order_n of_o conceive_a thing_n we_o must_v conceive_v of_o the_o subsistence_n as_o precedent_n to_o the_o relation_n for_o as_o much_o as_o human_a reason_n consider_v thing_n simple_o as_o subsist_v before_o it_o can_v consider_v they_o as_o relate_v to_o one_o another_o the_o meaning_n of_o all_o this_o be_v that_o these_o be_v rule_n when_o he_o hope_n that_o he_o can_v confute_v the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n self-consciousness_n can_v be_v subsistence_n because_o according_a to_o 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hypostatica_fw-la seu_fw-la personalis_fw-la &_o relativa_fw-la secundum_fw-la oppositionem_fw-la personarum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la internam_fw-la relativam_fw-la realem_fw-la to_o who_o i_o will_v add_v the_o word_n of_o the_o learned_a suarez_n 385._o lib._n 3_o de_fw-fr trin._n cap._n 1._o n._n 3._o p._n 385._o vnaquaeque_fw-la divina_fw-la persona_fw-la in_o se_fw-la spectata_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la res_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la subsistens_fw-la &_o una_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la alia_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la distinctio_fw-la realis_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsas_fw-la nam_fw-la realiter_fw-la distingui_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la esse_fw-la veras_fw-la res_fw-la quarum_fw-la una_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la alia_fw-la again_o distinctio_fw-la modalis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la invenitur_fw-la 4._o ibid._n n._n 4._o nisi_fw-la intra_fw-la eandem_fw-la rem_fw-la quae_fw-la componitur_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la coalescit_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la 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