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A Se
Latin term that can be translated as “from itself” or “of itself.”
Aeviternity
The measure of beings that are mutable but not subject to material conditions, i.e., the angels as well as separated and resurrected souls, as regards their created acts “outside” of the vision of God...
Agnosticism
Uncertainty or doubt about the existence of a divinity or divinities.
Analogy
A relationship between applications of a concept in a judgment such that the applications are in one respect like, and in another respect unlike, each other; thus, it is a relationship that is a kind...
Aseity
The state in which something is from or of itself, as opposed to being from or of another thing and, hence, dependent on that thing. E.g., God does not depend on anything else and, therefore, aseity i...
Atheism
Denial of the existence of a divinity or divinities.
Being
(in Latin ens).— 1. That which is (in Latin id quod est); the subject whose proper act is existence. 2. A synonym for existence, although when understood in this “existential” sense, it denotes an act...
Communicable
Capable of having something in common with another or of being transferred to another.
Creation
1. The action of bringing something into existence absolutely, i.e., out of nothing (ex nihilo). Properly understood, creation so defined does not imply that there is no efficient cause of the things...
Creator
The absolutely first efficient cause of all that exists apart from itself; the agent whose action is creation, i.e., God. The divine name “Creator” is a subordinate divine name, only applying to God...

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