_Theory of Processional Relations; or of the Connection between
Principiants and Principiates._
THEOREM.
Each term in the Trinity is characterized processionally by the
arrangement of the relations which unite it to its congeners. We will
represent the nature of these relations by an arrow, the head of which
starts from the principiant, touching with its point the principiate.
Example.
Principiant terms ---------------> Principiate terms
This established, let us see by what sort of relations we are to
distinguish the persons in the Trinity represented by 1, 2 and 3.
1. The Father--a term exclusively principiant, giving the mission and
not receiving it.
2. The Son--a term both principiant and principiate, receiving and
giving the mission.
3. The Holy Ghost--a term exclusively principiate, receiving the mission
and not giving it.
[Illustration]
TYPICAL
ARRANGEMENTS
BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE PROCESSIONAL
RELATIONS INTERUNITING
THE PERSONS IN THE TRINITY.
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B/ \C
/ TRINITY \
/ \
1/ \2
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A
[Illustration]
_A._ Relation of generation starting from the generator, ending at the
engendered (2), expressing by its horizontality the co-equality of the
principiant with the principiate.
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