The Nature of God 1.9.q7.1
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 perfection. But it is also the case that God is in no way anything that is, both because He is above all things and because […]
The Nature of God 1.8.q6.2
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. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 8, Quaestio […]
The Nature of God 1.8.q6.1
All created things, even the lowliest, are partially similar and partially dissimilar to God. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 8, Quaestio 6, Part 1 Volume 1 is available for order now from Merchant Royal Press Quaestio 6 Is […]
The Nature of God 1.8.q5
Each name [of God] has its own force and use for us. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 8, Quaestio 5 Volume 1 is available for order now from Merchant Royal Press Quaestio 5 On to the fifth […]
The Nature of God 1.8.q4
Our weakness was the reason for the many and various names in God. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 8, Quaestio 4 Volume 1 is available for order now from Merchant Royal Press Quaestio 4 The fourth quaestio was: […]
The Nature of God 1.8.q3.1
You might say: God is most righteous, most wise, and most powerful. For in this way God’s righteousness is better distinguished from the righteousness of creatures. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 8, Quaestio 3, Part 1 Volume […]
The Nature of God 1.7.q2.3
For God, it is the same thing to be as it is to be powerful or wise or anything else that you might say about that simplicity that signifies His substance. Augustine Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 7, Quaestio […]
The Nature of God 1.7.Q2.2
The affirmative names of God do not deny something in God … but instead affirm things and virtues in Him. Yet, they do so by way of essential union rather than by way of composition. For, in God, all these things are the divine essence itself. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn […]
The Nature of God 1.7.Q2.1
No name can be found that can perfectly explain to us what the divine nature is or what it is like. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 7, Quaestio 2, Part 1 Volume 1 is available for order […]
The Nature of God 1.6.Q1.2
Hence, because God spoke for our sake, He suited and accommodated His speech to our capacity and to how things happen for us. Girolamo Zanchi Five Books on the Nature of God,orOn the Divine Attributes By Girolamo Zanchi Translated by Patrick J. O’Banion Book 1, Chapter 6, Quaestio 1, Part 2 Volume 1 is available […]