What is the life of God?
He lives in His knowledge and in His love (XIV.-XXVI.).
Does God know all things?
Yes (XIV. 5).
Does God know all that happens on earth?
Yes (XIV. 11).
Does God know our secret thoughts?
Yes (XIV. 10).
Does God know the future?
Yes (XIV. 13).
How is this knowledge in God?
The reason is because God who is utterly immaterial has a mind that is infinite. Hence no thing that is, that will be, or can be in no matter what being is hidden from Him, since everything is related to His knowledge as effects are related to their causes (XIV. 1-5).
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Pegues OP, R P Thomas. Catechism of the "Summa Theologica" of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful (pp. 27-28). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.
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