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Objection 1: It would seem that the exemplar cause is something besides God.
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But God is the exemplar cause of His effect, as was said above (Q.
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For the effect is like its exemplar cause.
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Therefore God is not their exemplar cause.
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Secondly, this preposition 'to' may point to the exemplar cause, as when we say, "This book is made (like) to that one."
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Whether the Exemplar Cause Is Anything Besides God?
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(3) Whether God is the exemplar cause of beings or whether there are other exemplar causes?
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3: Properly speaking, Christ's Resurrection is not the meritorious cause, but the efficient and exemplar cause of our resurrection.
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1: The Godhead is called the being of all things, as their efficient and exemplar cause, but not as being their essence.