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The Analytic Restoration of Monarchical Trinitarianism . Branson challenges the dominant "Egalitarian" or "Symmetrical" readings of the Trinity that have saturated Western theology for centuries. By retrieving the Patristic doctrine of the "Monarchy of the Father," Branson offers a logically rigorous solution to the Logical Problem of the Trinity (LPT). 1. The Logical Problem of the Trinity (LPT)

The external actions of the Trinity are not just similar, but numerically identical. Branson(2022)

By applying this distinction, Branson neatly avoids the trap of the LPT. The statement "The Father is God" uses the word "God" as a proper name (identity). The statements "The Son is God" and "The Spirit is God" are predicative (attributing a nature or status). The Analytic Restoration of Monarchical Trinitarianism