Attributes of God (Essential attributes) Flashcards
Necessity
Primary, necessary Being
God cannot not exist
Aseity
Uncreated, uncaused, without origin
Untiy
No graduations of divinity
There is only one God
Simplicity
Indivisible; not composed of parts
Infinity
Possesses all quality without end or limitation
Applies to every other attribute
Immensity
Transcends all spatial relations
Cannot be measured by spatial or temporal means
Eternity
No beginning nor end
Does not change
Living
Incomparably living
God’s life is eternal and underived
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I believe in God the father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And on Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord, Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried. He descended to hell, on the third day rose again from the dead, ascended to heaven, sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty, thence He will come to judge the living and the dead;
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the commiunion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.