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cf., Sent.I.D5.Q1.A1-2, QDeUni.A1.Rep12, Graecorum.Part1.C4, Decretalem.II
Here, we must take the negative position. For, unlike above, the mode of signification here is the abstract and therefore does not signify the deity as concretely subsisting, whether in its absolute subsistence (thus we say "God creates") or in its relative subsistence (thus we say that "God begets"). For, the term "Deity" lends itself to signifying the essence and not the person, just as humanity lends itself to signify human nature in abstract and man signifies the human as concretely subsisting.
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