We now consider the persons in connection with the relations, or properties; and there are four points of inquiry:

A[1] Whether relation is the same as person?

A[2] Whether the relations distinguish and constitute the persons?

A[3] Whether mental abstraction of the relations from the persons leaves the hypostases distinct?

A[4] Whether the relations, according to our mode of understanding, presuppose the acts of the persons, or contrariwise?