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⁴ In Roman law a persona was a party to a contract. In the Roman theatre apersona was the role of an actor throughout a drama and this use is preserved in the phrase dramatis personae which is still to be found at the head of cast lists in modern theatre programmes. It was also used of the mask worn by actors.

⁵ When Augustine used the formula ‘one substance and three persons’ he warned that ‘three persons’ ‘… is understood only in a mystery … in order that there might be something to say when it was asked what the three are which true faith pronounces to be three.’ (De Trinitate, 4.7)

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²⁶ The Greek verb sōzein can mean ‘to heal’ or ‘to save’. The modern term ‘salve’, meaning a ‘healing ointment’, preserves the Latin salvus, ‘healed’.