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    A being distinct from the One (God) differs from it by fa... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Angels are not composed of essence and existence in a real sense, nor are they composed of matter and form.

    A being distinct from the One (God) differs from it by falling short of the One's actuality — not by possessing a distinct essence from its existence.

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    Godfrey proposes a different kind of act-potency “composition” in order to meet one argument in support of real distinction between essence and existence. If, as Aquinas, Giles, and Godfrey all hold, the angels of Christianity are purely spiritual and not composed of (spiritual) matter and form, then it seems that they must be composed of essence and existence. Otherwise they would be perfectly simple and equal to God. Godfrey responds that one and the same being, even if purely spiritual, may b

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