Monday, June 26, 2006

Q25: God's power

Having discussed God's existence (Q2), His essence (QQ3-13), and His operations (QQ14-24), we now conclude by considering the power of God (Q25) -- i.e., the principle of the divine operation as proceeding to the exterior effect -- and also the divine beatitude (Q26).

God's power is treated in six articles:
  1. Is there power in God?
  2. Is His power infinite?
  3. Is He omnipotent?
  4. Could He make the past not to have been?
  5. Could He do what He does not, or not do what He does?
  6. Could He make better what He makes?