The Real Foundation of the Relation of Createdness and of Causal Participation

God is not merely first in a series separated from the others by a limited gradation of perfection, God is first as infinitely transcending the creature. Within finite being there are gradations of being, yet the analogical formality of being is such that it is not required to determine real proportion. Even the relation of creation in the creature is founded on Haben's essay, on the creature having existence because creation is not even an accident in God who undergoes no change or relation of dependency.