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Contemporary critics have argued that medieval philosophers have transmitted a concept of divine omnipotence that is unintelligible and self-contradictory: one which defines omnipotence as a power capable of producing any effect whatsoever. This study, concentrating upon the first Latin treatise explicitly devoted to omnipotence, places that concept of divine power in its patristic and early medieval context in order to demonstrate that this traditional concept of omnipotence was quite unknown among pre-scholastic figures. This work illuminates the patristic and early medieval background to Damian's seminal text and its theological and philosophical concerns.

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' Resnick's book - clear, succint, orderly, and precise in its analysis - has a broader significance than either its title or its length might suggest.'<br>Francis Oakley, Speculum, 1994.<br>' This is a well written and interesting little book...'<br>Edward J. Furton, Review of Metaphysics, 1994.<br>

' Resnick's book - clear, succint, orderly, and precise in its analysis - has a broader significance than either its title or its length might suggest. ' Francis Oakley, Speculum , 1994. ' This is a well written and interesting little book... ' Edward J. Furton, Review of Metaphysics , 1994.

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Irven M. Resnick: Ph.D. Religious Studies, University of Virginia. Publications: numerous articles, a.o. Attitudes toward Philosophy and Dialectic During the Gregorian Reform , Journal of Religious History (1990), and Lingua Dei, linguae hominis: Sacred Language and Medieval Texts , Viator (1990).

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