Posted on 10/22/2008 3:49:08 AM PDT by Gamecock
Omnipresence
(Lat. omni- “all” + praesent, “present”)
The belief among theists (Christians, Muslims, Jews) that God, being transcendent above time and space is present everywhere. This is not to be confused with pantheism which believes that God is “in” everything since the theistic God is completely separate from all of creation. Some have describes this as the belief not so much that God is everywhere, but that everything is necessarily in God’s immediate presence. This understanding seems to be the most consistent with Christian theology and philosophy and avoids the common mis-identification with pantheism. (See Psalm 139:7-10).
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(Lat. omni- “all” + “present”)=
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The almighty power of God. He can do whatever does not deny his nature or that is not self-contradictory. since God is infinite in being, he must also be infinite in power. (Etym. Latin omnis, all + potentia, power: omnipotens, all-powerful.)
Omnipresence and omnipotence describe different, and complementary attributes of God. He is both omnipotent (all powerful) and omnipresent. He is also omniscience (all knowing).
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