Of God and His Creatures
That in God there is no Composition
IN every compound there must be actuality and potentiality. For a
plurality of things cannot become one thing, unless there be actuality
and potentiality. For things that are not one absolutely, are not
actually united except by being in a manner tied up together or driven
together: in which case the parts thus got together are in potentiality
in respect of union; for they combine actually, after having been
potentially combinable. But in God there is no potentiality: therefore
there is not in Him any composition.*
3. Every compound is potentially soluble in respect of its being
compound, although in some cases there may be some other fact that
stands in the way of dissolution. But what is soluble is in
potentiality not to be, which cannot be said of God, seeing that He is
of Himself a necessary Being.
1.16 : That in God there is no Passive Potentiality
1.20 : That God is Incorporeal