15 July 2019

The Catechism of the Summa - XX. OF GOD'S ACTION IN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNIVERSE; AND OF MIRACLES (B)

(B) 

Could God effect that all things that are should cease to be?

Yes.

What action on God's part would be necessary to effect that all things that are should cease to be?

It would be sufficient for Him to cease willing to give them the being they have, and which they continue to receive from Him every instant (ibid.).

Without ceasing, therefore, the being of all things that are in the world depends absolutely upon God? 

Yes, without ceasing things depend absolutely on God; much in the same way as the light of the day depends absolutely upon the presence of the action of the sun; except that the action of the sun is a necessary action, whereas the action of God is wholly free (ibid.).

Has God ever annihilated anything He has made? 

No (CIV. 4).

Will God ever annihilate anything?

No (ibid.).

Why has God never annihilated and will never annihilate anything He has created? 

Because God acts for His glory only; and His glory demands not that He annihilate, but rather that He preserve things in existence (ibid.).

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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. 85-86). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

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