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→Primary terms: under "cause" added "Christian doctrine posits God as the eternally existing "uncaused cause" of all else that exists, self-existing and self caused, without beginning, without end."
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.
'''cause''': The agent or force producing an effect; a person, occasion, condition, etc. giving rise to a result or action; contrasted to ''effect''.
<br/>[< MF (Middle French) ''causatif'' < L ''causativus'' < ''causa'' cause]
<br/>[< MF (Middle French) ''causatif'' < L ''causativus'' < ''causa'' cause]
:Christian doctrine [[Postulate|posits]] [[God]] as the eternally existing "uncaused cause" of all else that exists, self-existing and self-caused, without beginning, without end, "who was and is and ever shall be."
'''power''': Ability to act; capability; potential capacity; strength of force put forth; the right, ability, or capacity to exercise control, effect change; any agent that exercises power, as in control or dominion; any form of energy available for doing work.
'''power''': Ability to act; capability; potential capacity; strength of force put forth; the right, ability, or capacity to exercise control, effect change; any agent that exercises power, as in control or dominion; any form of energy available for doing work.