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    It is not the case that Infinite capacities such as God's infinite power cannot have limits (termini) assigned to them

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    • 1.Aquinas distinguishes absolute power (potentia absoluta) from ordained power (potentia ordinata), showing divine infinity operates within self-imposed rational limits.
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    • 2.A capacity can be infinite in degree while still being structurally constrained by logical necessity, as even omnipotence cannot actualize contradictions.
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    • 1.Cantor's transfinite mathematics demonstrates that infinite sets admit of internal ordering, cardinality distinctions, and boundary conditions without ceasing to be infinite.
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    • 2.If mathematical infinities can possess internal structure and limits relative to one another, the inference from 'infinite' to 'admits no terminus' is formally invalid.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A limit (terminus) requires a boundary value that terminates the range of a capacity
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    • 2.Infinite capacities have no termination point that can be assigned
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