Chapter 11

Question 1

Anthropomorphic language

Answer 1

Language that speaks of God in human terms.

Question 2

Aseity

Answer 2

Another name for the attribute of God’s independence or self-existence

Question 3

Communicable attributes

Answer 3

Aspects of God’s character that he shares or communicates with us.

Question 4

Eternity

Answer 4

When use of God, the doctrine that God as no beginning, end, or succession of moments in his own being, and he sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time and acts in time.

Question 5

Immutability

Answer 5

A term for God’s unchangeableness.

Question 6

Incommunicable attributes

Answer 6

Aspects of God’s character that he does not share or communicate with us.

Question 7

Independence

Answer 7

The doctrine that God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.

Question 8

Infinite

Answer 8

When used of God, a term referring to the fact that he is not subject to any of the limitations of humanity or of creation in general.

Question 9

Infinity with respect to space

Answer 9

Another term for God’s omnipresence.

Question 10

Infinity with respect to time

Answer 10

Another term for God’s eternity.

Question 11

Names of God

Answer 11

Various descriptions of God’s character that are found in Scripture.

Question 12

Omnipresence

Answer 12

The doctrine that God does not have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with his whole being, yet God acts differently in different places.

Question 13

Self-existence

Answer 13

Another term for God’s independence.