This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.
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 AmesParticipation 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 Ames