Giles of Rome · thesis 6.4

Thesis 6.4

Latin

Pater et filius non solum duo spirantes, sed etiam duo spiratores dici possunt.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 12682

English

The Father and the Son may be called not only two spirating Persons, but two spirators as such.

'spirantes'/'spiratores': the participial and substantive forms of 'to spirate' (breathe forth) the Holy Spirit; Thomas accepted the former but not the latter, fearing it implied too sharp a distinction of Persons (Farmer's note, farmer1998:12761). Sense checked against farmer1998:12741.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:12741; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Giles of Rome (section 6 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Discussed in

• Amos Edelheit, A Philosopher at the Crossroads: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Scholastic Philosophy (2022)

Mention records in the corpus: 4 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 6.5 Angeli non fuerunt creati in gratia.