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    It is not the case that Aquinas and the Scholastic tradition distinguish between God's absolute power (potentia absoluta) and ordained power, holding creation is radically contingent.

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    • 1.The potentia absoluta/ordinata distinction introduces an incoherent division within God's unified, simple will.
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    • 2.If God ordained creation as it is, calling it 'radically contingent' is misleading—it is necessary relative to God's will.
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    • 3.The doctrine generates the problem it solves: if God could have willed differently, his perfection and necessity seem compromised.
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    • 1.God's absolute power must exceed ordained power, else God's omnipotence is logically limited by his own decrees.
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    • 2.Creation's radical contingency preserves human freedom: if creation were necessary, creatures would be determined by God's nature.
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    • 3.The distinction explains why God can act outside natural laws (miracles) while maintaining creation's rational order.
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