Nature of Deity key quotes
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- Nature of Deity
- Key Words
- Deism: The belief in God based upon reason and nature alone
- Trinity: One God shown in three forms from the Nicene Creed
- Monotheism: Belief in one God
- Theism: belief in one God who is the creator and ruler of universe
- Polytheism: belief in many Gods
- Iconolasm: belief that God shouldn't be represented through images
- Anthropomorphism: Describing or representing God using human terms
- Agnosticism: belief that there is not enough evidence a proof that God exists
- Numinous: mysterious power that suggests the presence of a spirit or God
- Miracle: extraordinary event that undermines the laws of nature
- Epistemic Gap: the separation of humans from God as a result of The Fall
- Incarnate: God made flesh in the form of Jesus
- Key Quotes
- 'God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived' St Anselm
- 'No man has seen God at any time' John 1:18
- 'When God created man, He made them in likeness of God' Genesis 5:1
- 'In him (Jesus) the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form' Collossians 1:9
- 'The grace of Jesus, love of God and fellowship of the Holy Sprirt be with you' 2 Corinthians
- 'The Lord is our God, the Lord is one' Mark 12
- Acts 2:1: the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- 'There cannot be a design without a designer' William Paley
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