Sentence:  There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives , however , from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is <WSD>completely</WSD> independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')