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    It is not the case that Popular Latin trinitarianism is incoherent

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    • 1.Popular Latin trinitarianism holds claims 1–3 about numerical identity among the divine persons and God
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    • 2.The numerical identity relation is defined as transitive and symmetrical
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    • 3.Claims 1–3, given transitivity and symmetry of numerical identity, logically imply the denials of claims 4–6
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    • 1.The Athanasian Creed affirms both that each Person is God and that there are not three Gods, generating an irreducible logical tension.
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    • 2.No reinterpretation of 'is' (predicative vs. identity) dissolves the contradiction without abandoning classical divine simplicity.
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    • 3.Divine simplicity entails that God has no distinct parts or modes, making any real distinction among Persons formally inconsistent with monotheism.
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    • 1.Relative identity solutions (following Geach) require abandoning the Leibniz Law of indiscernibles, which undermines standard logical inference across trinitarian theology.
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    • 2.If the Father is omniscient and the Son is not omniscient qua human, classical Latin theology cannot appeal to relative identity without conceding compositeness in God.
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