Quicunque

Quicunque pharmacatur in juventute, deflebit in senectute.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Rather than formulate the doctrine in the Quicunque Vult way which was a simplified summary reached after the major issues had seriously been discussed in detail, we should formulate it in terms of four features:

A Crude Characterization of the Doctrine of the Trinity 2006

The Sunday-School-ish version (which is the simplified Quicunque Vult itself simplified) suffers from (1) unnecessary vagueness; (2) oversimplification, through leaving out a lot that was originally considered essential for correctly understanding the doctrine; and (3) trivialization of the actual historical process of articulating the doctrine.

A Crude Characterization of the Doctrine of the Trinity 2006

Brower notes that this won't work with other statements in the Quicunque Vult; each of the three persons must be almighty, eternal, etc.

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However, exemplification has to do with possession of form while individuation has to do with for lack of a better term division of that form into individuals separately possessing the form, and, as far as I can see, it is only if these two are equated that there would be any problem with the Quicunque Vult statement.

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But on the contrary is what Athanasius i.e., the Quicunque Vult attributed to Athanasius says, "The Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son, not made, not born, but proceeding."

Aquinas on the Filioque 2005

But on the contrary is what Athanasius i.e., the Quicunque Vult attributed to Athanasius says, "The Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son, not made, not born, but proceeding."

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The context is the statement of the Quicunque Vult:

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From the Quicunque Vult, in the translation in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer posted by Brandon | 11:02 PM

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However, exemplification has to do with possession of form while individuation has to do with for lack of a better term division of that form into individuals separately possessing the form, and, as far as I can see, it is only if these two are equated that there would be any problem with the Quicunque Vult statement.

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