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    Challenges→The divine nature implies the existence of three relational qua-objects, which are the Persons of the Trinity.

    If the divine nature 'implies' three objects, the nature is prior to the Persons, contradicting the Nicene insistence that the Persons are not derived from an antecedent divine substrate.

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    Antecedent(referring to causal conditions that would exist before Plato's decision)
    Something that comes before something else in time; in this case, an earlier event or cause.
    Nicene(in Christian history and theology)
    Related to the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, an early Christian meeting that established official church teachings about God and Jesus.
    Persons (in theology)(in Christian theology)
    In Christian theology, the three distinct beings of the Trinity: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each considered a 'Person' in a special theological sense.
    Prior to(as used in philosophy)
    More fundamental or basic than; comes before in importance or logical order, not necessarily in time.
    derived from(describing where ideas come from)

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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 substrate(in theology and metaphysics)
    An underlying divine foundation or base material from which other things (like God's three Persons) would be made or come from.
    implies(as used in logic and argumentation)
    In philosophy, this means 'logically requires' or 'necessarily leads to'—if one thing is true, the other must also be true.

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