The second name of God is ὁ Θεός, derived from θέειν In his Cratylus Plato gives this etymology, and Eusebius quotes it in his Prep. Evangel. i. Clement of Alexandria refers to it more than once in his Strom., bk. iv., and in his Protrept., where he says—Sidera θέους ἐκ τοῦ θέειν, deos a currendo nominarunt., to run, because He courses through all things, or from αἴθειν, to burn: For God is a fire consuming all evil Deut. iv. 24.: or from θεᾶσθαι, because He is all-seeing 2 Mac. x. 5.: for nothing can escape Him, and over all He keepeth watch. For He saw all things before they were, holding them timelessly in His thoughts; and each one conformably to His voluntary and timeless thought κατὰ τὴν θελητικὴν αὐτοῦ ἄχρονον ἔννοιαν. See Thomas Aquin., I., II. Quæst. 17, Art. 1, where he says, est actus rationis, præsupposito tamen actu voluntatis., which constitutes predetermination and image and pattern, comes into existence at the predetermined time This sentence is absent in some mss., being added at the end of the chapter with the mark σχόλ..