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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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.