P4Ch23b The Simplicity of God

Part 4 Natural Theology Chapter 23 God is Ipsum Esse Subsistens Section b. The Simplicity of God From the previous sections basic definition of God, we can logically deduce the attributes of God, and the first is: God is absolutely simple which implies: i) God is not a body ii) God is spirit iii) God is a substance without accidents iv) In God there is no composition of essence and the act of being v) because of iii and iv there is no distinction between the suppositum of God and the nature of God vi) God is the supreme unity vii) Divine simplicity is not a simplicity of emptiness but of infinite richness, fullness of reality possessed in perfect unity