The Nature of God 1.9.q7.2
August 17, 2026
The reason why we are good, strong, and intelligent (and so on … ) is because this goodness flows into us from God, as from a fountain. Girolamo Zanchi Five
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The reason why we are good, strong, and intelligent (and so on … ) is because this goodness flows into us from God, as from a fountain. Girolamo Zanchi Five
Insofar as, in a certain sense, God is everything that is … to that extent God Himself can also be named by the names of all things, signifying a certain
Since God receives nothing from any created thing, but rather the reverse, it follows that God is not rightly said to be like creatures but that the opposite is true.