Cum ergo audimus, Deum omnia facere, nil aliud debemus intelligere, quam Deum in omnibus esse, hoc est, essentiam omnium subsistere.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When we hear that God makes all things, we should understand that God exists in all things, meaning the essence of all things subsists in God.
- In plain terms
- God is present in everything because everything exists within God.
- What can you take from it?
- See the divine presence in all existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does God exist in all things?
- What does it mean for essence to subsist?
Another view
This view may conflict with notions of God as wholly separate from creation.
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