VIII-IX: metaphors from other creatures; synecdoche; Maimonides
VIII. But those drawn from other creatures are either common to man and other creatures, or peculiar to these. Common are place, time — Psalm 68; 17. Peculiar, as fire — Deuteronomy 4:24 and 9:3; Hebrews 12:29; shield — Psalms; light — Isaiah; way — Psalm 77; shadow — Psalm 91:1; wing — Deuteronomy 32; sun — Psalm 84:11.
IX. Synecdochic attributes are those attributed to God as it were by synecdoche. Thus the Father is called God, not with exclusion of the Son and Holy Spirit — John; 1 Corinthians 8:6.
And these things concerning Gods attributes, whose perfection is based on the negation of imperfections concerning Him, said both properly and figuratively — concerning which things worthy of observation are those which the Guide of the Perplexed, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Moreh Nevukhim, reports: The Law speaks according to the language of the sons of men. Whose sense is: whatever men from the beginning of their thought can attain by their understanding and imagination, that in Scripture is attributed to the Creator. Attributes attributed to God by negation are true attributes; affirmative attributes are greatly imperfect. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE, On the most holy Trinity, follows.
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VIII. Quae vero ab aliis creaturis petuntur, sunt vel communia homini aliisque creaturis, vel his peculiaría. Communia sunt locus, tempus — Psal. LXVIII; XVII. Peculiaría, ut ignis — Deut. IV.24 et IX.3; Heb. XII.29; scutum — Psal.; lux — Isa.; via — Psal. LXXVII; umbra — Psal. XCI.1; ala — Deut. XXXII; sol — Psal. LXXIV. IX. Synecdochica attributa sunt, quae Deo quasi per synecdochen tribuuntur. Sic Pater Deus dicitur, non cum exclusione Filii et Spiritus sancti — Joh.; I Cor. VIII.6. Atque haec de attributis Dei, cujus perfectionis ratio consistit in negatione imperfectionum de ipso, tam proprie quam figurate dictis, de quibus observatione digna sunt quae Doctor perplexorum, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, More Nevochim, refert: Loquitur lex secundum linguam filiorum hominum. Cujus sensus est: quicquid homines ab initio cogitationis suae intelligentia et imaginatione sua possunt assequi, id in Scriptura attribuitur Creatori. Attributa quae Deo per negationem attribuuntur sunt attributa vera; attributa affirmativa maximopere imperfecta sunt. CAPUT VIGESIMUM PRIMUM, De sacrosancta Trinitate, sequitur.