A person is a being, such as a human, that has certain
capacities or attributes constituting personhood, which in turn
is defined differently by different authors in different
disciplines, and by different cultures in different times and
places. In ancient Rome, the word "persona" (Latin) or
"prosopon" (πρόσωπον: Greek) originally referred to the masks
worn by actors on stage. The various masks represented the
various "personae" in the stage play. The current concept of
person was developed during the Trinitarian and Christological
debates of the IV and V centuries in contrast to the word
natura. During the theological debates, some philosophical tools
(concepts) were needed so that the debates could be held on
common basis to all theological schools. The purpose of the
debate was to establish the relation, similarities and
differences between the Λóγος/"Verbum" and God. The
philosophical concept of person arose, taking the word
"prosopon" (πρόσωπον) from the Greek theatre. Therefore,
Christus (the Λóγος/"Ver