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The link here came to me because I subscribe and since this is a sensitive subject I thought you all would like to see it... I cannot copy and past as it is a PDF not to mention it is extremely long.. As you begin to scroll through you will have many blank pages... just keep scrolling until you can start to read.
Only the following Intro of sorts, I did copy and while this is aimed at Catholics.... it may provide some interest for those of us who are not.
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This translation of On the Triune God According to Persons, taken from Volume II of the Dogmatic Treatises by the distinguished neo-scholastic theologian Christiano Pesch, S.J., is presented as a resource for students and scholars of Catholic theology who seek to engage deeply with classical Trinitarian doctrine. Originally published in Latin in 1923 with ecclesiastical approval by Bernhard Bley, S.J., then Provincial Superior of Lower Germany, this treatise represents a mature and rigorous expression of Roman Catholic dogmatic theology in the tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas, as received and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pesch's scholastic method-marked by clarity, precision, and fidelity to the magisterial tradition-offers a penetrating exploration of the divine persons of the Most Holy Trinity. This edition is the fruit of an AI-assisted translation effort using the Sonnet 4 language model, a powerful large language model designed for accurate and nuanced rendering of complex texts. While every effort has been made to ensure fidelity to the original Latin, readers are encouraged to consult the source text for scholarly purposes or when precision is paramount. Readers should note that the digital copy of the Latin text occasionally presented challenges in discerning certain numerical references clearly, and we therefore recommend exercising caution when encountering citations of Scripture or other works, verifying such references against the original Latin text whenever possible. It is hoped that this translation will serve not only as an introduction to Pesch's theological genius but also as an invitation to renewed reflection on the mystery at the very heart of Christian faith: the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ( ) iii PREFACE ( ) iv THE TRIUNE GOD TREATISE II. ON THE TRIUNE GOD ACCORDING TO PERSONS. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. We confess in the symbol: "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, and in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, consubstantial with the Father, and in the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified." This mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the fundamental dogma by which 1 the Christian faith is distinguished from natural religion and from Judaism with respect to its material object, and it is at the same time the supreme test of our subjective faith, because we cannot embrace this doctrine except through the complete submission of our intellect under the authority of God revealing. For it is a mystery truly and strictly so called, which is not only entirely inaccessible to human reason left to itself, but which even when revealed cannot be positively understood by us. 443. Nevertheless, we should not therefore cease from the study of perceiving and defending this mystery as well as we can, but we should follow the example of the ancient Fathers and great theologians, who labored earnestly and strenuously in cultivating this doctrine and exhorted others to cultivate it further. Thus especially that great Athanasius, who above others labored much for the defense of this dogma, wrote, and suffered. Thus Basil in his book Against Eunomius, Gregory of Nazianzus in his Theological Orations, Gregory of Nyssa in his book Against Eunomius; thus among the Latins after Tertullian, Hilary in his 12 books On the Trinity, Augustine in his 15 books On the Trinity, and many others. Among the precursors of scholastic theology, this mystery was treated especially by Anselm, William of Paris, and Richard of St. Victor; the scholastics themselves disputed concerning this dogma in their exposition of the first book of the Sentences, while later ones did so in their commentaries on the first part of the Summa. Among these latter, Gregory of Valencia and Diego Ruiz are highly praised. Nomen τῆς τριάδος hoc sensu primum occurrit apud Theophil. Antioch. Ad Autol, 2, 1 15: M 6, 1077), latina vox Trinitatis apud, Tertull. (Adv. Prax. c. 2: M 2. 157. ( ) 1 THE TRIUNE GOD 444. Therefore, following in the footsteps of the holy Fathers and theologians, we shall endeavor to ensure that our reason, illuminated by faith, seeking diligently, piously, and soberly, may attain some understanding of this mystery, God willing, and one that is most fruitful (First Vatican Council). But because the matter with which we are dealing is a mystery, of which naturally we do not even have a suspicion, before all else the existence of this mystery must be proved from the sources of revelation, and then its notion must be refined as much as possible. 445. This will be the division of the treatise: Section I. On the existence of the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Section II. On the procession of the divine persons. Section III. On the divine relations. Section IV. On the properties and notions of the divine persons. Section V. On the mission of the divine persons. These sections cohere among themselves in this way: procession is in some manner the way to constituting the divine persons; formally the divine persons are constituted by relations; the constitution of persons is followed by personal properties; but by mission the divine persons are manifested to us. ( ) 1 taught at Rome. This heresy became more famous through Sabellius, a disciple of Cleomenes, who at least initially taught in the same manner as the Patripassians, whence the same heretics were called sometimes Patripassians, sometimes Sabellians. God was called by them υἱοπάτωρ (Son-Father), to signify the essential and numerical identity between the Father and the Son. Later, however, the Sabellians seem to have modified their heresy. For according to the testimony of Epiphanius (Haer. 62; M 41, 1051), they taught that there are three realities in God, which would constitute one person, just as body, soul, and spirit would make one man. The Patripassians were frequently condemned by ecclesiastical authority (cf. Denz. n. 60 85 231). Sabellius was particularly defeated by Dionysius of Alexandria, from whose writings only fragments survive (cf. M. P. L. 5, 117 ff.).
Only the following Intro of sorts, I did copy and while this is aimed at Catholics.... it may provide some interest for those of us who are not.
The link follows this intro.
On the Triune God - Christiano Pesch, S.J.
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2025, On the Triune God
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Philosophy,
Theology,
Scholastic Philosophy,
Trinitarian Theology,
Jesuits
Show more
This translation of On the Triune God According to Persons, taken from Volume II of the Dogmatic Treatises by the distinguished neo-scholastic theologian Christiano Pesch, S.J., is presented as a resource for students and scholars of Catholic theology who seek to engage deeply with classical Trinitarian doctrine. Originally published in Latin in 1923 with ecclesiastical approval by Bernhard Bley, S.J., then Provincial Superior of Lower Germany, this treatise represents a mature and rigorous expression of Roman Catholic dogmatic theology in the tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas, as received and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Pesch's scholastic method-marked by clarity, precision, and fidelity to the magisterial tradition-offers a penetrating exploration of the divine persons of the Most Holy Trinity. This edition is the fruit of an AI-assisted translation effort using the Sonnet 4 language model, a powerful large language model designed for accurate and nuanced rendering of complex texts. While every effort has been made to ensure fidelity to the original Latin, readers are encouraged to consult the source text for scholarly purposes or when precision is paramount. Readers should note that the digital copy of the Latin text occasionally presented challenges in discerning certain numerical references clearly, and we therefore recommend exercising caution when encountering citations of Scripture or other works, verifying such references against the original Latin text whenever possible. It is hoped that this translation will serve not only as an introduction to Pesch's theological genius but also as an invitation to renewed reflection on the mystery at the very heart of Christian faith: the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ( ) iii PREFACE ( ) iv THE TRIUNE GOD TREATISE II. ON THE TRIUNE GOD ACCORDING TO PERSONS. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. We confess in the symbol: "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, and in Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, consubstantial with the Father, and in the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified." This mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the fundamental dogma by which 1 the Christian faith is distinguished from natural religion and from Judaism with respect to its material object, and it is at the same time the supreme test of our subjective faith, because we cannot embrace this doctrine except through the complete submission of our intellect under the authority of God revealing. For it is a mystery truly and strictly so called, which is not only entirely inaccessible to human reason left to itself, but which even when revealed cannot be positively understood by us. 443. Nevertheless, we should not therefore cease from the study of perceiving and defending this mystery as well as we can, but we should follow the example of the ancient Fathers and great theologians, who labored earnestly and strenuously in cultivating this doctrine and exhorted others to cultivate it further. Thus especially that great Athanasius, who above others labored much for the defense of this dogma, wrote, and suffered. Thus Basil in his book Against Eunomius, Gregory of Nazianzus in his Theological Orations, Gregory of Nyssa in his book Against Eunomius; thus among the Latins after Tertullian, Hilary in his 12 books On the Trinity, Augustine in his 15 books On the Trinity, and many others. Among the precursors of scholastic theology, this mystery was treated especially by Anselm, William of Paris, and Richard of St. Victor; the scholastics themselves disputed concerning this dogma in their exposition of the first book of the Sentences, while later ones did so in their commentaries on the first part of the Summa. Among these latter, Gregory of Valencia and Diego Ruiz are highly praised. Nomen τῆς τριάδος hoc sensu primum occurrit apud Theophil. Antioch. Ad Autol, 2, 1 15: M 6, 1077), latina vox Trinitatis apud, Tertull. (Adv. Prax. c. 2: M 2. 157. ( ) 1 THE TRIUNE GOD 444. Therefore, following in the footsteps of the holy Fathers and theologians, we shall endeavor to ensure that our reason, illuminated by faith, seeking diligently, piously, and soberly, may attain some understanding of this mystery, God willing, and one that is most fruitful (First Vatican Council). But because the matter with which we are dealing is a mystery, of which naturally we do not even have a suspicion, before all else the existence of this mystery must be proved from the sources of revelation, and then its notion must be refined as much as possible. 445. This will be the division of the treatise: Section I. On the existence of the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Section II. On the procession of the divine persons. Section III. On the divine relations. Section IV. On the properties and notions of the divine persons. Section V. On the mission of the divine persons. These sections cohere among themselves in this way: procession is in some manner the way to constituting the divine persons; formally the divine persons are constituted by relations; the constitution of persons is followed by personal properties; but by mission the divine persons are manifested to us. ( ) 1 taught at Rome. This heresy became more famous through Sabellius, a disciple of Cleomenes, who at least initially taught in the same manner as the Patripassians, whence the same heretics were called sometimes Patripassians, sometimes Sabellians. God was called by them υἱοπάτωρ (Son-Father), to signify the essential and numerical identity between the Father and the Son. Later, however, the Sabellians seem to have modified their heresy. For according to the testimony of Epiphanius (Haer. 62; M 41, 1051), they taught that there are three realities in God, which would constitute one person, just as body, soul, and spirit would make one man. The Patripassians were frequently condemned by ecclesiastical authority (cf. Denz. n. 60 85 231). Sabellius was particularly defeated by Dionysius of Alexandria, from whose writings only fragments survive (cf. M. P. L. 5, 117 ff.).
On the Triune God - Christiano Pesch, S.J.
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