“ For generation is change from non-existence to existence, and is opposed to corruption ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | corruption change |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17611/pg17611-images.html |
Context
“God, Who is the first principle of all things, may be compared to things created as the architect is to things designed. _______________________
SECOND ARTICLE [I, Q. 27, Art. 2]
Whether Any Procession in God Can Be Called Generation?
Objection 1: It would seem that no procession in God can be called generation. For generation is change from non-existence to existence, and is opposed to corruption; while matter is the subject of both. Nothing of all this belongs to God. Therefore generation cannot exist in God.
Obj. 2: Further, procession exists in God, according to an intelligible mode, as above explained”
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