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Difference between
Attributes and Hypostases
A RESPONSE TO MUTAZILITES AND IBN AR
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QUESTION:= Some Mu’tazilite minded people say that Suuni Attributes are nothing but Catholic
Hypostases. They further say Christian Word and Sunni Speech are one and the same concept.
REPLY:=
First of All ,One should know what is Trinity. According to the dogma of Trinity God is a Trinity.Trinity
may be stated as s follow:
God is a Being in which there is One Essence and in the Essence there are three Hypostases.
The words Form,Nature, Ousia (Substance) may have different meanings from the word Essence , but in
the Divine Case they all means Essence.
3]Completa [Complete]. It morma as Complete Nature. It is neither an Actual Part nor an AltitudinalPart.
4]Per Se Subsistens (By Means of Itself Stands). One that is Sustained(Sustineo,Sustentus) by means of
itself. [Per Se = By means Of It Self].
5]Sui Iuris [It Self Binding]. Ultimate Subject of Its Nature, Attributes and Acts.
7]Separata AbAliis [Separate From Other]. (Ab=By, From,Aliis,Alia=Other). This Excludes Universal.
8]Substantia Secunda [Substance Second]. A thing which has no Existence a part from the individual.
10] NotPerSeSeorsum /Per Se Seorsum [By ItSelf Apart/Seperate from the rest].A thing which does not
exist in Incommunicable other or Distinct. [A Hypostasis is Not Per Se Seorsumfrom its Own Ousia, but
Per Se Seorsum from another Hypostasis].
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WHY HUMAN NATURE IS NOT CALLED THE HUMAN SUBSTANCE, BUT THE DIVINE NATUE IS
CALLED.
The reason is that it exists in Alio. The very same reason it is not called a Hpostasis or a
Person. [That is it is Per Alia Subsistent].
Thomas Like Asharites and Maturidites believed God is neither a Substance Nor An
Accident. But All the Christiandom do use the words like Ousia and HomOusia in case of
God. In case of God Ousia means Essentia.
The Common Essence of these Hypostases Is not Identical to any one of the Hypostasis.
That is inspite of the extreme Communicability and Indistinctness of Divine Essentia from
Divine Hypostases neither A Hypostasis is the Essence nor The Essence is the Hypostasis.
2]The human nature of Christ does not exist per se seorsum, but in alio, in the
Divine Hypostatisness of the the Second Hypostasis. It is communicated
by assumption and so is not a Hypostase/ Person. It is not Per Se Subsistent but Per Alia
Subsistent.
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Note:= The human Nature [Divine Humanity] is neither an Essence [,Essentia] nor a
Substance [Ousia]and additionally not a Form.Divine Nature is Substantial Essence not just
nature. A non Pe Se Subsistent may be a nature but not an Essence. In the Divine Case the
Nature of the Divine Per Se Subsistent Essence/Ousia is the Ousia/Essence Itself.
WHY THE HUMAN NATURE IS NOT AN ESSENCE BUT DIVINE NATURE IS AN ESSENCE
The former is not Per Se Subsistent while the latter is. This is the reason why the Human
Nature is neither a Hypostasis/Person, nor an Essence [ Substantial Essence].
Divine Attributes are believed to be Identical to Divine Essence In The Dogma Of Trinity.
3] Three Hypostases are believed to be constituted In the Divine Essence by Four relations.
i)Paternitas [Paternity]
POINTS TO BE NOTED:=
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4] GRREKS DIFFER IN SEVERAL DETAILS FROM ROMANS. WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THEM
IN DETAIL FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY .
NOW COME TO THE OBJECTION OF MU’TIZILITE MINDED PEOPLE WHO MAKE OBJECTION
ON DIVINE ATTRIBUTE.
RAITHER THESE MUTIZILITE MINDED PEOPLE DO AGREE WITH ROMANS AND GREEKS THAT
ATTRIBUTES ARE IDENTICAL TO ESSENCE.
BUT THE MAKE OBJECTIONS ON ASHAIRAH AND MATURIDIYAH WITH OUT STUDYING
THEOLOGY OF CATHOLICS AND ORTHODOXES , AND THEOLOGY OF AHLUSSUNNAH
[ASHAIRAH AND MATURIDIYAH]
THIS DOES SHEW THAT MUTIZILITE OBJECTION MAKERS EITHER DELIBERATELY SPEAK
FALSE STATEMENTS IF THEY KNOW THE CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC THEOLOGIES OR ARE
IQNORENT OF TEACH ONE OF THEM OR HAVE A VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDEGE OF EACH OF
THEM.
Ahlussunnah believe in Absolute Unicity Of Deity [AUD] instead of Trinity Of God [Tri-Unity].
According to Ahlussnnah Deity is Absolute Unicity. That is Why Essential Attributes cannot
be Essence since this is Plurality is Unicity. This is Self Absurd.
Divine Essence [Essence Of Deity] Is Identical to Deity [ Divine Essence is the Deity].
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Essential Attributes are Qaim Bi Adh-Dhat [literally Sustain With The Essence]. A better
translation may be “Associated With the Divine Per Se Subsistent Essence/ Essentia.
No Divine Attribute is Per Se Seorsum [Separate IN Itself=Mughai-ir Bidh Dhat] From the
Divine Essence , But is La “AIN Va La Ghair.
The basic Sufficient difference between Catholic Hypostases and Sunni Attributes is that the
former are Per Se Subsistent, while the latter Subsist Necessarity In the Divine Essence with
Intrinsic Necessicity.They are not Per Se Subsistent. Other differences may also be stated
but this is sufficient for a rational person. See the definition of a Hypostasis above.
Note : Some Asharites and Maturidites how ever are identitists. How ever they do not make
this objection.