Wikipedia's first sentence called it “without parts”. Today it says “simple in that he is a single”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The Bible”.
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In theology , the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts.1The general idea of divine simplicity can be stated in this way: the being of God is identical to the "attributes" of God. In other words, such characteristics as omnipresence, goodness, truth, eternity, etc. are identical to God's being, not qualities that make up that being, nor abstract entities inhering in God as in a substance. Varieties of the doctrine may be found in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim philosophical theologians, especially during the height of scholasticism , though the doctrine's origins may be traced back to ancient Greek thought, finding apotheosis in Plotinus' Enneads as the Simplex. Bussanich John, Plotinus's metaphysics of the One in The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, ed.2
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In theology , the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts.
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In theology , the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea of divine simplicity can be stated in this way: the being of God is identical to the attributes of God.In other words, such characteristics as omnipresence, goodness, truth, eternity, etc. are identical to his being, not qualities that make up his being.
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In theology , the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is without parts. The general idea can be stated in this way: The being of God is identical to the "attributes" of God. Characteristics such as omnipresence , goodness, truth, eternity, etc., are identical to God's being, not qualities that make up that being, nor abstract entities inhering in God as in a substance ; in other words we can say that in God both essence and existence are one and the same. Varieties of the doctrine may be found in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim philosophical theologians, especially during the height of scholasticism , although the doctrine's origins may be traced back to ancient Greek thought, finding apotheosis in Plotinus' Enneads as the Simplex. Bussanich John, Plotinus's metaphysics of the One in The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, ed.
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View of God without parts or features Not to be confused with monotheism . xdNnw4OsAgdoyKGlW1lMXwWuG1BwdvSFfHX5HW4Bc (1).webp In monotheistic theology , the doctrine of Divine Simplicity says that God is simple (without parts).This is the idea that God does not exist in parts but is one unified entity, with no distinct attributes; that is, God’s existence is identical to God’s essence.
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View of God without parts or features Not to be confused with Monotheism . In classical theistic and monotheistic theology , the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is simple (without parts).God exists as one unified entity, with no distinct attributes; God's existence is identical to God's essence.
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