Whether in God there is a power in respect of the notional acts?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that in God there is no power in respect of the notional acts. For every kind of power is either active or passive; neither of which can be here applied, there being in God nothing which we call passive power, as above explained (Question [25], Article [1]); nor can active power belong to one person as regards another, since the divine persons were not made, as stated above (Article [3]). Therefore in God there is no power in respect of the notional acts.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, the object of power is what is possible. But the divine persons are not regarded as possible, but necessary. Therefore, as regards the notional acts, whereby the divine persons proceed, there cannot be power in God.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, the Son proceeds as the word, which is the concept of the intellect; and the Holy Ghost proceeds as love, which belongs to the will. But in God power exists as regards effects, and not as regards intellect and will, as stated above (Question [25], Article [1]). Therefore, in God power does not exist in reference to the notional acts.