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The Divine Trinity
Excerpt from The Divine Trinity: A Dogmatic Treatise
It belongs to the first treatise of Dogmatic Theology (De Deo Uno) to show that God is one and personal. The pantheistic fiction of an impersonal God is sufficiently exploded by the Almighty's own solemn declaration (Gen. Ill, 14): "I am Who am."
Whether the infinite personality of God must be conceived as simple or multiplex, is a matter which human reason cannot determine unaided. On the strength of the inductive axiom, "Quot sunt naturae, tot sunt personae," we should rather be tempted to attribute but one personality to the one Divine Nature. Positive Revelation tells us, however, that there are in God three really distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
It belongs to the first treatise of Dogmatic Theology (De Deo Uno) to show that God is one and personal. The pantheistic fiction of an impersonal God is sufficiently exploded by the Almighty's own solemn declaration (Gen. Ill, 14): "I am Who am."
Whether the infinite personality of God must be conceived as simple or multiplex, is a matter which human reason cannot determine unaided. On the strength of the inductive axiom, "Quot sunt naturae, tot sunt personae," we should rather be tempted to attribute but one personality to the one Divine Nature. Positive Revelation tells us, however, that there are in God three really distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
154 pages, Paperback
First published January 4, 2010
About the author
Joseph Pohle
180 books7 followersFather Joseph Pohle, SJ, PhD
After completing his studies at Trier, Germany, he attended the German College in Rome, as well as the Gregorianum. He received his PhD. in philosophy in 1874, his S.T.D. in 1879. He was ordained in 1878 as a priest in the Society of Jesus.
In 1889, at the request of Bishop John Keane, he joined the founding faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., as Professor of Apologetics.
He returned to Germany in 1894 as Professor of Dogma at Münster. He transferred to Breslau in 1897, where he continued scholarly pursuits until his death, including 24 articles for the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
After completing his studies at Trier, Germany, he attended the German College in Rome, as well as the Gregorianum. He received his PhD. in philosophy in 1874, his S.T.D. in 1879. He was ordained in 1878 as a priest in the Society of Jesus.
In 1889, at the request of Bishop John Keane, he joined the founding faculty of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., as Professor of Apologetics.
He returned to Germany in 1894 as Professor of Dogma at Münster. He transferred to Breslau in 1897, where he continued scholarly pursuits until his death, including 24 articles for the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
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