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Question 6 - The Goodness of God

Article 2: Whether God Is the Supreme Good?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2024

J. Budziszewski
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University of Texas, Austin
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To say that God is the supreme good – literally, the summit of good -- means more than that He is good. It even means more than that He is the best good. The claim is that He is good in a better way than all other goods. He is the uncreated Good from which all finite possibilities of good flow downward. His goodness and theirs cannot even be measured on the same scale. He is the Uncreated Source of all that is. He is the Original, of which created goods are but copies. Could even that be true?

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • The Goodness of God
  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.006
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  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.006
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  • The Goodness of God
  • J. Budziszewski, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on the One God
  • Online publication: 23 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009536288.006
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