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La nature de la distinction échappe à certains esprits rudes et sans culture, mais elle doit être affirmée en même temps que la simplicité divine.
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The passage says that some people struggle to grasp a particular distinction, especially when they lack refinement or learning. Even so, that distinction must be maintained alongside the idea of divine simplicity. The wording presents these as claims that need to be affirmed together, without explaining exactly what the distinction is.
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- Wikipedia France, citing In librum de Trinitate commentaria, Patrologia Latina 64, cols. 1302–1303
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