Nature Of God

Question 1

What is a simple God?

Answer 1

1. God is God -
   can’t be explained, “that than which nothing greater can be conceived”
2. God is unchanging/immutable-
   God is perfect and lacks nothing therefore is not capable of changing to something else and remaining perfect
3. God is immaterial-
   Does not have a body which has characteristics

Question 2

Omniscient

Answer 2

All knowing

Complete knowledge of the universe

Question 3

Omni-benevolent

Answer 3

All loving

1. God is perfect
2. God has a desire for perfection

Question 4

3 views of God as creator and what they mean

Answer 4

‘Ex nihilo’ (creation out of nothing)

‘Ex materia’ (creation out of pre-existing material)

‘Ex deo’ (creation out of the being of God)