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    Challenges→The claim that there is only one God is true only of the conceptual unity of the universal nature of divinity, not of three numerically identical substances

    If divine unity were merely conceptual universality, Gregory's anti-tritheist argument would collapse into nominalism about divine nature, which Gregory himself explicitly rejects.

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    Anti-tritheist argument(in Christian theology)
    A logical argument against tritheism—the false belief that the Trinity means God is actually three separate gods rather than one God in three persons.
    Collapse into(philosophical argument structure)
    A philosophical phrase meaning that one theory or position gradually transforms or reduces into another, often implying a loss of its distinct identity.
    Conceptual universality(in metaphysics and philosophy of language)
    The idea that something exists only as a general concept or category in our minds, rather than as a real physical thing.
    Gregory(identifying the philosopher whose framework is being discussed)
    Short for Gregory of Rimini, a medieval philosopher (1300-1358) who developed influential ideas about logic and how we talk about things.

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    divine nature(Distinguishes the divine nature from the three persons, which are compound substances)
    A reality that is both a property and a simple (non-compound) substance, shared as the matter-constituent in each of the three divine persons
    divine unity(as used in theology and metaphysics)
    The idea that God is completely one, indivisible whole—not made up of separate parts or qualities the way physical things are.
    nominalism(Metaphysics; opposed to realism about universals)
    The view that abstract entities such as properties or universals do not exist, and that predicative facts must be explained without appealing to such entities.

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