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    It is not the case that If relations of origin suffice to individuate Persons within one numerically identical substance, the claim that distinct particular substances are required for coherent consubstantiality is defeated.

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    • 1.Relations of origin may individuate persons but do not constitute the metaphysical basis for their subsistence as distinct particulars within substance.
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    • 2.Distinct particular substances provide irreducible ontological grounding that relational properties alone cannot supply for genuine consubstantiality.
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    • 3.Assuming relations suffice risks collapsing personhood into mere modal or accidental distinctions, undermining substantive claims about divine persons.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Relations of origin (e.g., procession) successfully individuate the three persons within the Christian Trinity despite numerical substance identity.
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    • 2.If internal relational distinctions suffice for personhood within one substance, separate substances become metaphysically redundant and violate parsimony.
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    • 3.Consubstantiality requires only shared essential nature, not numerically distinct substrates; relational individuation is compatible with this requirement.
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