an ontological truth whose ‘identity’ is not completed by any ontic order of descent and ascent.”2 In one sense, the biblical God is more transcendent than Plato’s Forms, for he cannot be considered part of the “all things” that exist; on the contrary, “by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him” (Col. 1:16). God is not the highest being or the First Mover, such