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When we say God is "good" and a human is "good," the word isn't used identically ( univocally ) or completely differently ( equivocally ).

newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">Act and Potency specifically? bog_rozni_sie_od_stworzenia_24_tezy_tomistyczne...

Every creature is a mix of Act (what it is) and Potency (what it can become). A tree is "actually" a tree but "potentially" firewood. This internal division is absent in God. 2. Essence vs. Existence (Thesis 4) This is the "hinge" of Thomistic metaphysics. When we say God is "good" and a

If God's existence is identical to His essence, and ours is not, God cannot be "part" of the universe, nor can the universe be "part" of God. A tree is "actually" a tree but "potentially" firewood

By establishing these theses, Thomism creates an impassable barrier against Pantheism :

If God is so different, how can we speak of Him? St. Thomas Aquinas uses the Analogy of Being (Analogia Entis):