The Unity and Trinity of God in the Rhythm of a Trinitarian Ontology

Abstract

In a previous article, For a Trinitarian Ontology of the Person, 1 (2009/2), the Author verified how, based on the history of dogma and trinitarian theology, the use of the concept of hypostasis/person in reference to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit satisfied the need, imposed by revelation, to affirm a real distinction/otherness of the Three within the unity of the one, true God. Once affirmed, it was then necessary to appropriately describe the living relation between the Divine Persons, in a way that would dynamically express the trinitarian movement of their unity. In the present article, starting from the data acquired in the dogmatic and theological tradition, three lines of research are developed: the integration of the concept of subsisting relation with that of trinitarian reciprocity; the articulation of the concept of relative non-being and relational non-being; a study of the ontology of liberty in the Trinity.