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i_o take_v this_o to_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o they_o viz._n that_o this_o name_n person_n in_o the_o trinity_n signify_v a_o relation_n conceive_v by_o we_o after_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o substance_n and_o not_o after_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o mode_n which_o the_o animadverter_n have_v all_o along_o with_o so_o much_o confidence_n pretend_v i_o can_v define_v substance_n better_o than_o by_o res_fw-la subsistens_fw-la 9_o n._n 22._o p._n 275._o lin_v 9_o only_a i_o think_v fit_a to_o remark_n this_o that_o whereas_o i_o have_v allege_v some_o of_o the_o schoolman_n and_o particular_o durandus_fw-la thomas_n and_o suarez_n express_v the_o divine_a personality_n by_o relation_n as_o well_o as_o by_o hypostasis_n or_o subsistence_n as_o they_o do_v in_o both_o these_o mean_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n viz._n a_o relative_n subsistence_n or_o a_o subsist_v relation_n etc._n etc._n if_o the_o animadverter_n mean_v that_o a_o relative_n subsistence_n and_o a_o subsist_v relation_n be_v according_a to_o the_o schoolman_n material_o identical_o the_o same_o thing_n it_o be_v no_o news_n the_o schoolman_n hold_v that_o the_o relation_n and_o the_o divine_a essence_n in_o each_o single_a person_n be_v thus_o identical_o the_o same_o each_o single_a person_n be_v god_n that_o be_v a_o pure_a simple_a act._n but_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o they_o be_v formal_o the_o same_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o understand_v neither_o of_o the_o phrase_n nor_o what_o the_o schoolman_n mean_v by_o they_o subsistence_n which_o himself_o very_o just_o call_v p._n 97._o self-subsistence_n be_v a_o absolute_a attribute_n and_o can_v no_o more_o be_v relative_a than_o self-consciousness_n by_o a_o relative_a subsistence_n the_o schoolman_n mean_v that_o the_o relation_n in_o each_o single_a person_n modify_v the_o one_o common_a absolute_a essential_a subsistence_n and_o render_v it_o incommunicable_a which_o of_o itself_o as_o be_v infinite_a it_o be_v not_o but_o a_o 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