1.* The idea the common people have of the Divine Trinity is that God the Father is seated on high with His Son at His right hand, and that they send the Holy Spirit to men. 2. The idea the clergy have of the Divine Trinity is that there are three Persons, each one of Whom is God and Lord, and that these three have one and the same essence. 3. The idea the wise among the clergy have is that there are three communicable natures and qualities; it is however three natures and qualities not communicable that are meant by three Persons. 4. The existence of a Divine Trinity is demonstrable from Sacred Scripture and from reason. 5. From a trinity of persons there results inevitably a trinity of Gods. 6. If God is One, there is of necessity** a Trinity belonging to God, and thus a trinity of the Person. 7. God's Trinity, which is also a Trinity of the Person, is from God Incarnate: it is Jesus Christ .*** 8. This is established from Sacred Scripture. 9. And from reason as well, in that there is a trinity in every man. 10. The Apostolic Church had never any thought of a Trinity of Persons: shown by their Creed. 11. A Trinity of Persons was first devised by the Nicene Council. 12. Thence it was spread into the Churches that have existed since, right up to the present time. 13. Before now it has not been possible for that doctrine to be corrected. 14. The "Trinity of Persons" has turned the whole Church upside down and falsified every single thing in it. 15. Everyone has declared it to be beyond comprehension, and that the understanding must be held down under obedience to faith. What is "a Son born from eternity"? 16. In the Lord there is one Trinity, and in the Trinity there is Unity. * These statements, numbered but not set out in paragraphs, are found here before chapter i. A vertical line drawn down the margin of N. suggests that perhaps they may be annotations, but Worcester in the A.P. and P.S. Edition has supplied the title "Observanda" and printed them in the text. In Sk. nos. 8 and 9 are incorporated with the preceding number, and the subsequent paragraphs numbered accordingly. ** Sk. has recessoria, whereas N. had recessoria subsequently altered to necessaria, which is taken as correct. *** N. has "sit a Dec incarnato, seu Jesus Christus", so underlined. The Skara MS. has "in" instead of "a" Worcester reads "in Deo incarnato, seu Jesu Christo", that is, "in God Incarnate, or Jesus Christ".