Sunday 27 April 2014

A Description Of God

First consider the dictionary definition of these words:
ineffable: cannot to be described with words
incomprehensible: cannot be understood

With those definitions in mind, take a look at the 1968 National Catholic Almanac which lists the following attributes of God: 
almighty, eternal, holy, immortal, immense, immutable, incomprehensible, ineffable, infinite, invisible, just, loving, merciful, most high, most wise, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, patient, perfect, provident, supreme, true.
Source: 1968 National Catholic Almanac, edited by Felician A. Foy, O. F. M. (Paterson: St. Anthony’s Guild, 1968), p. 360.

The authors have managed to comprehend the incomprehensible and used words to describe the ineffable. Clever little Christians, or silly little buggers? What do you think?



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