Monologium, on the Being of God30 Chapter XXX. This expression does not consist of more words than one, but is one Word.
Chapter XXX. This expression does not consist of more words than one, but is one Word.
Why, then, should I have any further doubt regarding that question which I dismissed above as doubtful, namely, whether this expression consists of more words than one, or of one? For, if it is so consubstantial with the supreme Nature that they are not two spirits, but one; assuredly, just as the latter is supremely simple, so is the former. It therefore does not consist of more words than one, but is one Word, through which all things were created.
Cur igitur dubitem quod supra dubium dimiseram, scilicet, utrum haec locutio in pluribus verbis an in uno verbo consistat? Nam si sic est summae naturae consubstantialis, ut non sint duo, sed unus spiritus, utique sicut illa summe simplex est, ita et ista. Non igitur constat pluribus verbis; sed est unum Verbum, per quod facta sunt omnia.