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Whether the Concrete Essential Names can Stand for the Person?

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cf., Sent.I.D4.Q1.A2, Sent.I.D5.Q1.A2


As we must recall from before, due to the weakness of our intellects and the eminence of the Deity, we often have to switch back and forth between concrete names (e.g., God) and abstract names (e.g., Deity), at times indicating the supreme simplicity of God, and at other times the concrete subsistence. 


In the fourth and fifth articles, we ask whether these names can be predicated of the persons in particular, i.e., can we say "the Father is God" (A. 5) or "the Father is the Deity" (A. 6).


Now, from scripture and tradition, it is obvious that we can name each person by the concrete essential name. Thus, we can certainly call the Father "God" and the Son "God."

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