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    It is not the case that Damian has to deny the universal validity of the principle of non-contradiction

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    • 1.Damian distinguishes between God's absolute power (potentia absoluta) and ordained power, restricting omnipotence claims to the former.
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    • 2.The restoration of virginity can be interpreted as a change in relational or moral status rather than a retroactive alteration of physical events.
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    • 3.If the contradiction is only apparent—arising from human temporal indexing rather than ontological fact—no genuine violation of non-contradiction follows.
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    • 1.Aquinas argued that even omnipotence cannot make contradictions true, since they have no intelligible content for divine power to act upon.
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    • 2.Damian's position can be read as asserting divine transcendence over creaturely logical categories without entailing that contradictions are literally true.
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    • 3.Peter Geach's distinction between God being 'almighty' versus 'omnipotent' shows one can affirm maximal divine power while preserving non-contradiction.
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    • 1.Damian maintains that God can restore virginity to a woman who has lost it
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    • 2.Restoration of virginity consists in removing those events in the woman's past that are incompatible with her being a virgin
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    • 3.Therefore, Damian has to maintain that God can undo what has been done
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