If God is not a concrete particular that falls under universals but is subsistent being itself, states-of-affairs ontology presupposes a categorial framework that simply does not apply to the divine nature.
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A philosophical theory that says reality is made up of situations or facts—combinations of objects and their properties—rather than just things existing by themselves.
Subsistent being(theology/metaphysics)
A philosophical way of saying something exists on its own and doesn't depend on anything else to make it real; often used to describe God as pure existence itself.
divine nature(Distinguishes the divine nature from the three persons, which are compound substances)
A reality that is both a property and a simple (non-compound) substance, shared as the matter-constituent in each of the three divine persons
universal(Argument for the generality of Turing machines)
A computing system capable of simulating any other computing system of the same or lesser power; used here to describe Turing machines as the most general model of computation.