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    Classical theism therefore requires that each person just... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The divine nature is not absolutely identical to any of the three divine persons

    Classical theism therefore requires that each person just is the divine nature, making absolute identity, not non-identity, the theologically orthodox position.

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    • 1.God's absolute simplicity entails that God's essence and existence are identical, so anything that exists in God must be the divine nature itself.
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    • 2.Classical theism holds God is infinite and all-encompassing; denying identity with persons makes God's nature external to what He most fundamentally is.
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    • 3.If persons were non-identical to the divine nature, God would be composite (nature + persons), contradicting divine simplicity and aseity.
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    • 1.Personal identity requires distinctness: I am not you despite shared human nature. Identity with divine nature would erase this logical distinction.
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    • 2.If each person just is the divine nature, then all persons would be identical to each other (transitivity), contradicting obvious fact of distinct persons.
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    • 3.Classical theism traditionally maintains Creator-creature distinction; identifying persons with divine nature collapses this foundational metaphysical boundary.
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