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    Challenges→Pairs of coexistent God-like omnipotent agents are impossible.

    Under this conditional construal, two omnipotent agents could have mutually consistent domains of sovereign action, as Aquinas allowed for ordained versus absolute power distinctions.

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    Aquinas
    Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
    conditional construal(as used in logic and interpretation)
    A way of interpreting or understanding something based on 'if-then' logic—meaning the meaning depends on certain conditions being true.
    domain(Both f1 and f2 have the reals as their domain)
    The set of input values over which a function is defined.
    omnipotent(Used in the context of arguing about whether multiple omnipotent beings could coexist.)
    A being whose will is never thwarted; a being capable of bringing about any willed outcome.

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    ordained versus absolute power(as used in medieval theology)
    Aquinas's distinction between God's power as it operates through the laws and rules He set up (ordained) versus God's unlimited theoretical power (absolute).
    sovereign action(as used in political philosophy and theology)
    Actions that are completely under someone's own control and authority, without being limited by anyone else's power.

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