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7. Question: How does this differ from philosophical doctrines of the trinity such as I have previously criticized? Well, at least one difference is that it does not "divide the substance" by assigning the absolute and relative poles in God to one or another of the persons. Another is clear from a view like Macquarrie's, which distinguishes between "primordial," "expressive," and "unitive" being, which seems a variant on the type of view which does divide the substance. On the other hand, it might be possible to read M's view so that the difference would not be very great.

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