That misplaced "either/or" rearing its plugly head again...
Don't suppose those that Aquinas mentions as having alternatives possibly viable knew anything even though said mentions are tacit acknowledgments that they do.
"Classic"
People act like the verse from Saint John ends the debate, I sarcastically claim that Aquinas either missed the verse or didn't understand it to teach what he did so clearly on BOD. The good willed get the point. Those that don't want the truth make up ideas such as me disparaging Aquinas. You will have to answer for that.