relational names of the persons the Father is related to the Son, the Son to the Father, and the Holy Spirit to both. While they are called three persons in view of their relations, we believe in one nature or substance” (Council of Toledo XI, in A.D. 675). Indeed “everything (in them) is one where there is no opposition of relationship” (Council of Florence, in A.D. 1442).54 The last phrase merits particular attention: in God the Trinity, all is one where there is no opposition of relations. This
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