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G. co: Finis autem gubernationis mundi est bonum essentiale [- God], ad cuius participationem et assimilationem omnia tendunt. Cf. 00 where the conformity- of grace appears in a passage where a threefold image of God in man is discerned; in the natural order, in the order of grace and in the consummated order of grace (gloria). 1)S Cf. : Per sapientiam enim Dei manifestantur divinorum abscondita, producuntur creaturarwn opera, nee tantum producuntur, sed restaurantur et perftciuntur. 4 [Busa: 287]: Ratio huius est, quia Filius nihil aliud est, ut dictum est supra, quam conceptus patenue sapientiae; unusquisque autem per conceptum suae sapientwe iudicatj unde sicut Paler omnia per Filium fadt, ita et omnia per Ipsum iudicat.
ScG IV 11, where these four levels are surpassed in perfection by a fifth: the uncreated life of God. Cf. g. ag3: gratia sit medium inter naturam et gloriam ordine naturae... Cf. R. Sokolowski, 1982; d. 1, p. 1, p. 30. co! orrz,ne agens agit propter finem, alioquin ex actione agentis non magis sequeretur hoc quam illud, nisi a casu. nzeare suam perfectionem, quae est eOO bonitas. Et unaquaeque creatura tntendtt consequ: suam perfectionem, quae est simiJitudo perfectionis et bonitatis divin4e. Sic ergo divina bonitas 70 account the perfection and incomprehensibility of God's nature and operations, one should say that, in the sense of a perfection that needs to be acquired by God through creation, there is no goal set.
Bonitas' autem, cum sit ratio et obiectum amoris. habet similitudinem cum Spiritu divino. qui est Amor.... Once this similitude is appreciated. a foreshadowing of the Trinity seems to be perceivable in the quaestiones of the Summa (STh I 14-25) where the operations which pertain to the one divine essence are treated:· STh I 14-18 God's knowing (the Son), STh I 19·24 God's willing (the Holy Spirit) and STh I 25 God's power (the Father). 54 55 AQUINAS ON GOD AND LlFE CHAPTER! the origin, associated with being and creating.