These are incommunicable Actions, and do make; not an Essential, accidental, or rational, but a real distinction betwixt the three Persons. So that he who is the Father in the Trinity, is not the Son: he who is the Son in the Trinity, is not the Father: he ⟨p. 23⟩who is the holy Ghost in the Trinity, is neither the Son nor the Father, but the Spirit proceeding from both: though there is but one and the same Essence common to *all three. As therefore we believe that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the holy Ghost is God: so we likewise believe that God is the Father, God is the Son, and God is the holy Ghost. But by reason of this real distinction: the Person of the one, is not, nor never can be, the person of the other. The three Persons therefore of the Godhead, do not differ from the Essence but *formally: but they differ really one from an other, and so are distinguished ⟨p. 24⟩by their hypostatical proprieties. As the Father is God begetting God the Son: the Son is God begotten of God the Father: and the holy Ghost is God proceeding from both God the Father and God the Sonne.
These are incommunicable Actions, and doe make; not an Essentiall, accidental, or rationall, but a reall distinction betwixt the three Persons. So that he who is the Father in the Trinity, is not the Son: he who is the Son in the Trinity, is not the Father: hee ⟨p. 23⟩who is the holy Ghost in the Trinity, is neither the Sonne nor the Father, but the Spirit proceeding from both: though there is but one and the same Essence common to *all three. As therefore wee beleeue that the Father is God, the Sonne is God, and the holy Ghost is God: so we likewise beleeue that God is the Father, God is the Sonne, and God is the holy Ghost. But by reason of this reall distinction: the Person of the one, is not, nor neuer can be, the person of the other. The three Persons therefore of the Godhead, doe not differ from the Essence but *formally: but they differ really one from an other, and so are distinguished ⟨p. 24⟩by their hypostaticall proprieties. As the Father is God begetting God the Sonne: the Sonne is God begotten of God the Father: and the holy Ghost is God proceeding from both God the Father and God the Sonne.
- *Quum unum cogito, trium incomprehensibili luce inuoluor Nazianz.Quum vnum cogito, trium incomprehensibili luce inuoluor Nazianz.
- *Quamuis persona cum Essentia non sit omninò idem, non tamen ab ea est omninò aliud. Differt n. non numero, quia sic in divinis foret quaternitas, non re quia essentia de personis praedicatur sed formaliter [Greek or Hebrew], sive ratione ratiocinante nò ratiocinatae Essentia divina non differt a personis ut res a rebus, sed ut res a suis modis: nam in deo non est res & res, sed res & modus rei.Quamuis persona cum Essentia non sit omninò idem, non tamen ab ea est omninò aliud. Differt n. non numero, quia sic in diuinis foret quaternitas, non re quia essentia de personis praedicatur sed formaliter 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, siue ratione ratiocinante nò ratiocinatae Essentia diuina non differt a personis vt res a rebꝰ, sed vt res a suis modis: nam in deo non est res & res, sed res & modus rei.
