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The question is explained, which had been deferred in the previous
book, viz. that God the Father, who begat the Son, his power and
wisdom, is not only the Father of power and wisdom, but also himself
power and wisdom; and similarly the Holy Spirit: yet that there are
not three powers or three wisdoms, but one power and one wisdom, as
there is one God and one essence. Inquiry is then made, why the
latins say one essence, three persons, in God; but the greeks, one
essence, three substances or hypostases: and both modes of expression
are shown to arise from the necessities of speech, that we might have
an answer to give when asked, what three, while truly confessing that
there are three, viz. the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit.
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