These are incommunicable Actions; and •o make, not an essential, accidental, or •ational, but a real distinction betwixt the three persons. So that he who is the Father •n the Trinity, is not the Son: He who •s the Son in the Trinity, is not the Father: He who is the holy Ghost in the Trinity, is neither the Son, nor the Father, •ut 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, he Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God: •o 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 ever 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 another, a•d so are distinguished 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 Son.
These are incommunicable Actions; and •o make, not an essential, accidental, or •ational, but a real distinction betwixt the •hree persons. So that he who is the Father •n the Trinity, is not the Son: He who •s the Son in the Trinity, is not the Fa•her: He who is the holy Ghost in the Tri•ity, is neither the Son, nor the Father, •ut the Spirit, proceeding from both; •hough there is but one and the same Essence common to* all three. As there•ore we believe, that the Father is God, he Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God: •o we likewise believe that God is the Fa•her, 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 ever 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 another, a•d so are distinguished 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 Son.
- *Quum unum cogito, trium incomprehensibili luce involvor. Nazian
- †Quamvis persona cum Essentia non sit omnino id•m, non tamen ab •a est omnino aliud. Diff•rt enim non numero, quia s•• in divinis fo•et quaternit•s; non•re, quia essentia de personis praedicatur, sed formaliter, [Greek or Hebrew], sive ratione ratio•inante: Essentia divi• a non differt à p•rso•is, ut res à rebus, sed ut res à suis modis, •am in D•o non est res & res, sed res & modus r•i.Quamvis persona cum Essentia non sit omnino id•m, non tamen ab •a est omnino aliud. Diff•rt enim non numero, quia s•• in divinis fo•et quaternit•s; non•re, quia essentia de personis praedicatur, sed formaliter, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sive ratione ratio•inante: Essentia divi• a non differt à p•rso•is, ut res à rebus, sed ut res à suis modis, •am in D•o non est res & res, sed res & modus r•i.
