“Being (in the sense of "God is Being, from whom all creation takes its being") is an auto-kenetic crystalline active power unfolding within itself unceasingly. The key concept is that of intrinsic cyclic motion, power to act. Existence is a verb, an action, a doing. "Action springs forth" (from "to be") as the "Word leapt.” MetaphysicsBeingOntologyPatristicsMarius Victorinus Book:Augustine and Nicene Theology: Essays on Augustine and the Latin Argument for Nicaea Source: Augustine and Nicene Theology: Essays on Augustine and the Latin Argument for Nicaea