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1_ One objection raised against the theory that denies attributes of the divine Essence is that God’s knowledge is infinite, and God’s being All-Hearing and All-Seeing is likewise without limit, and so on.
How, then, can we account for the infinite nature of these attributes without setting them alongside the divine Essence as parallel realities? (God forbid.)
If the divine attributes—such as knowledge, hearing, and sight—are assumed to be infinite, there would be no room left for other attributes; only one attribute could exist. The same would apply to the divine Essence: if it were infinite, multiple attributes could not be present in it. To deny attributes of the Essence means denying the attributes conceived as belonging to it, so that the attributes are not placed alongside the Essence as parallel realities.
If we suppose any attribute to be infinite, there is no room left for other attributes, since no gap or opening remains for them to fill. In that case, then, there can be no talk of multiple attributes: only one attribute can exist.
The same holds for the Essence. If the Essence is infinite, attributes cannot subsist in it.
This is what is meant by negating the attributes of the Essence: the attributes conceived as belonging to the Essence are negated.