(C)
What are these processions of origin called in God?
They are called generation and procession.
What is the consequence of this generation and this procession in God?
The consequence is that between the two terms of generation and the two terms of procession there are real relations which are constituted by these different terms.
What are these relations in God?
They are four in number, and are called Paternity, Filiation, Active Spiration, and Procession (or Passive Spiration) (XXVIII. 4).
Are these divine relations the same as the Divine Persons?
Yes (XL. 1).
Why is it then that there are four divine relations and yet only three Divine Persons?
The reason is because one of these relations, viz., Active Spiration, not being relatively opposed either to Paternity or Filiation, but on the contrary belonging to both Father and Son as one principle, it follows that the two persons, Father and Son, the one constituted by Paternity the other by Filiation, can be the subject of Active Spiration, which thereby does not constitute a separate person but which belongs equally to the person of the Father and the person of the Son (XXX. 2).
(D)
Is there any kind of order among the Divine Persons?
Yes, there is the order of origin, owing to which the Son can be sent by the Father, and the Holy Ghost can be sent by the Father and the Son (XLII., XLIII.).
When the Divine Persons produce acts other than those known as notional acts (which are the acts of generation and spiration), are these acts produced by the three persons in common?
Yes, there is the order of origin, owing to which the Son can be sent by the Father, and the Holy Ghost can be sent by the Father and the Son (XLII., XLIII.).
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Pegues OP, R P Thomas. Catechism of the "Summa Theologica" of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful (pp. 41-43). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.
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