 However, although infinite matter, in a certain sense, seems to be included among the essential characteristics of God, Taurellus here gives an explication that clearly marks talk of “infinite matter” as metaphorical. “Infinite matter” as a metaphor for the infinite divine potencies indicates that there are no further potencies that could function as an external impediment to divine agency. Such a metaphorical usage of the notion of infinite matter evidently does not imply that God has material (and, hence, limited) properties.