Aaron Irlbacher

“The decree is the act of God by which he determines, absolutely, the existence and infallible future (or futurition) of all that is outside of himself, to the praise of his own glory, the first cause and Director of all things, the Antecedent and Governor of all events.”
― Samuel D. Renihan, Deity and Decree

“The Father is not without the Son, the Son is of the Father, the Holy Ghost is of the Father, and the Son. The Essence absolutely considered, is common to all the three Persons, but non communicated; for the Son is God of himself, and the Holy Ghost is God of himself, no less than the Father is God of himself. Hence there is an Original in regard of the manner of the Essence, but not in regard of the Essence itself.”
― Samuel D. Renihan, Deity and Decree

“The Father is the principle of origin of the persons of the Holy Trinity: He is not a principle of nature or time. The Father is called principle, but neither the Son nor the Spirit has had a beginning. The Son originates from the Father in respect of the mode of subsistence in the essence, not in respect of the essence itself.”
― Samuel D. Renihan, Deity and Decree

“The origin of the decree is God himself without relation to any other force or cause, simply because no other being exists apart from God decreeing its existence.”
― Samuel D. Renihan, Deity and Decree