What is the Biblical basis for divine simplicity?
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Wikipedia defines divine simplicity this way:
> In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is
> without **parts**.
*Euthyphro, God's Nature, and the Question of Divine Attributes*, which discuss Divine Simplicity and the philosophies used to describe how God is "simple," provides a better definition in part 1 :
> When we speak of God’s simplicity then, in the most elementary sense,
> we are speaking of his not having parts, of his non-compositeness. “We
> use the term,” Berkhof explains, “to describe the state or quality of
> being simple, the condition of being free from division into parts,
> and therefore from compositeness”
Here's part 2 and part 3 .
Personally, I think divine simplicity is coherent. But I couldn't find any scriptural support for this doctrine. What is the Biblical basis?
Asked by OnesimusUnbound
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Jan 9, 2012, 06:35 PM
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