DOGMATIC THEOLOGY

II

THE

DIVINE TRINITY

A DOGMATIC TREATISE

BY

THE REVEREND JOSEPH POHLE, PH.D., D.D.,

FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY IN THE
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, NOW PROFESSOR
OF DOGMA IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU

AUTHORIzed englISH VERSION WITH SOME ABRIDG-
MENT AND NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

NIHIL OBSTAT.

Sti Ludovici, die 10. Nov., 1911

F. G. HOLWECK,

Censor Librorum.

IMPRIMATUR.

Sti. Ludovici, die 13. Nov., 1911

†JOANNES J. GLENNON,

Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici.

Copyright, 1911,
by

JOSEPH GUMMERSBACH.

BECKTOLD
PRINTING AND BOOK MFG. CO.

ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A.

PART I. THE HOLY TRINITY IN UNITY, OR THE THREEFOLD

PERSONALITY OF GOD.

CH. I. God's Threefold Personality Proved from Sacred

§ 1. The Threefold Personality of God Foreshadowed

in the Old Testament.

§ 2. The Threefold Personality of God as Taught in

the New Testament - Texts Treating of the

Three Divine Persons Together

§ 3. New Testament Texts Treating of the Divine

Persons Severally . .

ART. 1. Of God the Father

ART. 2. Of God the Son

ART. 3. Of God the Holy Ghost

A. The Personality of the Holy Ghost

B. The Hypostatic Difference Between the Holy

Ghost and the Father and the Son

C. The Divinity of the Holy Ghost

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§ 2. The Positive Tradition of the First Four Cen-

turies.

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