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filiation_n must_v belong_v to_o two_o person_n as_o be_v relative_o oppose_v and_o therefore_o a_o subsist_v paternity_n be_v the_o person_n of_o the_o father_n and_o a_o subsist_v filiation_n the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n which_o can_v never_o be_v one_o person_n as_o require_v distinct_a suppositum_n for_o such_o opposite_a relation_n but_o now_o the_o other_o two_o relation_n spiration_n and_o procession_n be_v not_o oppose_v to_o either_o of_o these_o but_o only_o to_o each_o other_o and_o therefore_o spiration_n do_v not_o constitute_v another_o person_n as_o not_o be_v oppose_v either_o to_o paternity_n or_o filiation_n and_o therefore_o may_v and_o do_v belong_v both_o to_o father_n and_o son_n but_o procession_n must_v constitute_v a_o three_o person_n as_o oppose_v to_o spiration_n and_o so_o necessary_o distinguish_v from_o father_n and_o son_n and_o therefore_o though_o there_o be_v four_o relation_n yet_o one_o of_o they_o spiration_n be_v not_o separate_v from_o the_o 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relation_n as_o can_v never_o meet_v in_o the_o same_o subject_a and_o therefore_o their_o suppositum_n must_v be_v real_o distinct_a as_o paternity_n and_o filiation_n for_o no_o one_o can_v be_v father_n and_o son_n to_o himself_o there_o be_v no_o imaginable_a account_n why_o only_o opposite_a relation_n constitute_v person_n but_o because_o they_o distinguish_v their_o subject_n for_o when_o opposite_a relation_n meet_v in_o the_o same_o subject_a but_o not_o in_o opposition_n they_o do_v not_o distinguish_v and_o multiply_v person_n as_o the_o same_o man_n may_v be_v father_n and_o son_n and_o but_o one_o person_n but_o when_o opposite_a relation_n distinguish_v their_o subject_n as_o the_o divine_a relation_n necessary_o do_v they_o multiply_v person_n too_o and_o no_o relation_n property_n notion_n according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o school_n constitute_v a_o person_n but_o such_o as_o distinguish_v their_o subject_n that_o three_o person_n and_o three_o relation_n be_v 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these_o distinct_a property_n and_o power_n do_v not_o multiply_v person_n and_o therefore_o though_o they_o grant_v something_o like_o such_o distinct_a power_n in_o the_o divine_a nature_n yet_o still_o there_o be_v but_o one_o divine_a person_n and_o therefore_o according_a to_o their_o own_o notion_n but_o one_o god_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o question_n whether_o such_o distinct_a faculty_n property_n and_o power_n multiply_v person_n which_o we_o grant_v they_o do_v not_o because_o they_o do_v not_o multiply_v nature_n and_o one_o individual_a human_a nature_n be_v but_o one_o man_n or_o one_o human_a person_n but_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o if_o instead_o of_o these_o distinct_a power_n and_o faculty_n there_o be_v real_a subsist_v person_n as_o essential_o relate_v to_o each_o other_o in_o the_o same_o individual_a nature_n they_o will_v any_o more_o divide_v or_o multiply_v nature_n than_o such_o distinct_a power_n and_o faculty_n do_v and_o i_o be_o pretty_a 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