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One interesting argument used by von Zoernikav, is that, in many manuscripts of St. Isidore of Seville's "Etymologiae", in Book VII, Ch. 3, "De Spiritu Sancto", there is an incongruence at the very beginning.
The text in many printed editions states:
"Spiritus Sanctus ideo praedicatur Deus, quia ex Patre Filioque Procedit, et Substantiam Eius habet."
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However, in much later manuscripts and texts, scribes attempt to replace "eius" with "eorum". The reason is obvious, the text as above literally states:
"And so the Holy Ghost is proclaimed God, for from the Father 'and Son' He Proceeds, and He has His Substance,"
Von Zoernikav's argument is that the original text simply read: "Spiritus Sanctus ideo praedicatur Deus, quia ex Patre Procedit, et Substantiam Eius Habet."
Later text try to say "eorum" or "et substantiam eorum habet", that is, "and He has Their Substance."
"Eius" is genitive singular, while "eorum" is genitive plural. We have seen things like this before; an interpolation enters the manuscript, and this corruption does not fit with the rest of the text. We see something similar in "Inter Personarum" in St. Isidore's "Liber Differentiis", where it is clear from earlier and late mansucripts that the "Filioque" was interpolated into the texts.
Of course, one would have to have access to the absolute earliest manuscripts, which can be an issue with the Etymologies.
The text in many printed editions states:
"Spiritus Sanctus ideo praedicatur Deus, quia ex Patre Filioque Procedit, et Substantiam Eius habet."
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/isidore/7.shtml
However, in much later manuscripts and texts, scribes attempt to replace "eius" with "eorum". The reason is obvious, the text as above literally states:
"And so the Holy Ghost is proclaimed God, for from the Father 'and Son' He Proceeds, and He has His Substance,"
Von Zoernikav's argument is that the original text simply read: "Spiritus Sanctus ideo praedicatur Deus, quia ex Patre Procedit, et Substantiam Eius Habet."
Later text try to say "eorum" or "et substantiam eorum habet", that is, "and He has Their Substance."
"Eius" is genitive singular, while "eorum" is genitive plural. We have seen things like this before; an interpolation enters the manuscript, and this corruption does not fit with the rest of the text. We see something similar in "Inter Personarum" in St. Isidore's "Liber Differentiis", where it is clear from earlier and late mansucripts that the "Filioque" was interpolated into the texts.
Of course, one would have to have access to the absolute earliest manuscripts, which can be an issue with the Etymologies.
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