to reinforce. Second, he demonstrates how the logical analysis of language can be used to explore and explain Christian doctrine, a point that had wide implications for the development of theological training in the West. What Boethius does in his tractates is to offer a defense of the doctrine of the Trinity where he assumes the truth of the Nicene position, and then deploys logic in order to demonstrate how Trinitarian theology requires careful analysis of how language is used, and how Aristotelian
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