It may seem that this Article is unnecessary – isn’t God’s omnipotence already plain from the earlier demonstration of His complete actuality and His primacy in the order of causes? Yes, and in that sense, the Article proves nothing new. However, our imaginary Objectors think they have compelling reasons to think that God couldn’t be omnipotent. If they are right, then despite appearances, the previous arguments must have been flawed somehow, and we need to backtrack and find out how. St. Thomas finds that each Objection misunderstands what it means for God to be omnipotent. So despite the wording of the “whether” in the title of this Article, the real question is not so much whether God is omnipotent, but what it means for Him to be omnipotent.