SYNTHESIS

Aquinas idea ´`GOD IS THAT WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS AND IS ESSENTIALLY

GOOD``- we recognize that all beings are only possible as participating in the first being
which is GOD HIMSELF; Gods act, like an emanation of light and creation of beings.
- God is that all beings come as the FIRST efficient CAUSE, which all beings seek
to return, it is possible for us to speak of him as FINAL CAUSE.
- Creation is the activity of the outpouring or overflowing of Gods goodness.
- Aquinas said ´` Only God in the fullness of his being and goodness is perfect, all
other beings are participating in this goodness, and are good to that extent but
are imperfect since they are limited in their participation``..--- means God did
not create us to simply be imperfect and to stay that way as he leaves us alone.
Instead God in his infinite wisdom, directs us how we arrive at our perfection.
- God communicates to each being his perfection and goodness. Every creature
then strives to its own perfection thus divine goodness is the end of all actions.
All things from god created by Him in order to return in him. - means beings is
not accidental how beings emerge into existence or Each being is created by a
substance as particular combination of Form and Matter. It means that being is a
unique creation of God.
- The nature as participation in god goodness, is both good and imperfect at the
same time. Coming from God is good, but in its limitations it has yet to be
perfected. This perfection means fulfilling our nature the best we can thus
realizing what god had intended for us to be. We accomplish this by fulfilling or
actualizing the potencies that are already present in our nature.
- While all beings are created by god in order to return to him, the way the human
being is directed toward God is unique. Given that we are beings with the
capacity for reason, our way of reaching God is by knowing and loving him. We
can think then, of the whole work creation as divine reason governing a
community towards its end. Under the governance of the divine, beings are
directed as to how their acts are to lea them to their end which is to return to him.