Dist. 25, Divisio Textus
by St. Bonaventure
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### DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master showed what is signified by a numeral term, when we say *three persons*; here, secondly, he adds what is signified by this term *person*. And this part is divided into two. In the first he inquires and raises objections; in the second he resolves, there: *To certain ones it seems, that by the name of person*.

The first part has three parts. In the first he raises a doubt; in the second he objects by the authority of Augustine, showing that it is said according to substance, there: *For person, as Augustine says above*; thirdly he objects by reason, in the third chapter there: *It can also otherwise be shown, that by the name of person*: where he shows the same thing.

*To certain ones it seems, that by the name of person*. This is the second part, in which he resolves; and this part is divided into two. In the first he resolves according to the opinion of others, who say that *person* is taken according to essence, yet related to a supposit. In the second he resolves according to his own opinion by a distinction, there: *It must therefore be known, that this name* person *makes a manifold understanding*. And this part is divided into two. In the first part he shows how this name *person* is taken in the plural; in the second, how it is taken in the singular, when it is said: *the Father is one, the Son another, in person*, there: *Now let us look, whether according to the same account*. — The first part has three parts. In the first he sets down the distinction by which he resolves; in the second he confirms by the authority of Augustine, there: *And this sense is supported by the words* etc.; in the third he responds to an objection, there: *To this, however, that those say*. — Likewise the following part has three parts. In

the first he determines how *person* is taken, when it is said: *one is the person of the Father*; secondly, how it is taken, when it is said: *the Father is one in person*; thirdly, he confirms this by authorities. The first he does there: *Now let us look* etc.; the second there: *Then it is asked, whether according to the same account*; the third, there: *That, however, it is said according to substance*.

### TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of this part, two questions are principally asked.

First it is asked concerning the quiddity of this name *person*.

Secondly it is asked concerning the community of the same.

As to the first, two questions are asked.

First it is asked concerning the person, what it is according to the thing.

Secondly, what it is according to the definition.

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