Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God.
William AmesNothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.
William AmesActive creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.
William Ames