Person: from roman law to theology and canon law

The article is devoted to the analysis of the three most important aspects of understanding the essence of the Latin term “persona” in Roman law, in theology and in canonical law. The concept of “person”, “person”, “person of law” in Roman law reflected the terms “individuum”, “subiectum”, “persona”. But the term “persona” has become mainstream. Ancient Greek philosophical thought (especially Cappadocian elders) and the achievements of the Roman philosophers, orators, lawyers and theologians (Cicero, Tertullian, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, Boethius, and others) played a huge role in shaping its content. The beginning shows the development of the concept of “persona” as an individual person, or as a private or public person in Roman law. Then, the ways of borrowing and forming a new meaning of the concept of “person” are considered as the incarnation of the Trinity in theology. The theological meaning of the term “persona” began to be used in the legislation of Emperor Justinian. The connector of the legal and theological meaning of the term is canon law, which has absorbed both the theological concept of “The Face of Christ” and the legal description of individuals and legal entities in the Church.