Is God bound by the rules of logic?
Robert Sungenis answers yes, in the sense that God cannot do what is contradictory, such as making a square circle or a God greater than Himself, because these would be lies. Agreeing with Aquinas, he holds that the only thing God cannot do is go against what is true, since He cannot lie, and that this holds in heaven, on earth and in purgatory alike.
A viewer asks whether, since the Eucharist and creation from nothing seem to show God is not limited by the rules of logic, those rules apply only to the earthly realm.
Answer
God is limited by the rules of logic, so you have to be careful there, and I would never go against Thomas on that. God cannot go against the rules of logic and say two plus two equals five; He cannot make a square circle; He cannot make another God bigger and better than Himself, because those are all lies. A square circle is a lie; logic tells you there is no such thing. Now there may be things you think are logical that turn out to be possible because you have not thought them all out, but when we use logic correctly we can determine whether something is true or false. So what we say about God is not that He can go against logic, but that He cannot go against what is true; He cannot lie, and that is the only thing God cannot do, because that covers every territory. And that applies to heaven, earth, and purgatory alike; place has nothing to do with it.