Trinity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Notes=== {{notelist|30em|refs= {{efn|name=Augustine1|{{in lang|la}} [https://www.augustinus.it/latino/trinita/trinita_09.htm ''Veluti nunc cupimus videre utrum illa excellentissima caritas proprie Spiritus Sanctus sit. Quod si non est, aut Pater est caritas, aut Filius, aut ipsa Trinitas, quoniam resistere non possumus certissimae fidei, et validissimae auctoritati Scripturae dicentis: <nowiki>'</nowiki>Deus caritas est<nowiki>'</nowiki>''].}} {{efn|name=Augustine2|{{in lang|la}} [https://www.augustinus.it/latino/trinita/trinita_09.htm ''Tria ergo sunt: amans, et quod amatur, et amor''].}} {{efn|name=Augustine3|Augustine had poor knowledge of the Greek language, and no knowledge of Hebrew. So he trusted the Septuagint, which differentiates between {{lang|grc|κύριοι}} ('lords', vocative plural) and {{lang|grc|κύριε}} ('lord', vocative singular), even if the Hebrew verbal form,{{Script/Hebrew|נא-אדני}} (''na-adoni''), is exactly the same in both cases.}} {{efn |name=Arius |Very little of [[Arius]]' own writings have survived. We depend largely on quotations made by opponents which reflect what they thought he was saying. Furthermore, there was no single Arian party or agenda but rather various critics of the Nicene formula working from distinct perspectives.{{harv|Williams|2001|pp=95–, 247–}} }} {{efn| name=1john5|See, for instance, the note in {{bibleref2|1 John|5:7–8|NRSV}} }} {{efn|name=Enchiridion|{{citation|title=Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum|title-link=Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum|date= 1962|page=1330|last=Denzinger|first= Heinrich|publisher=Herder}} English trans. {{harvnb|Dupuis|Neuner|2001|p=111}} }} }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page