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Do Biblical Unitarians have a theology and definition of divine simplicity?

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> The doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is simple (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. - wikipedia > Divine simplicity is central to the classical Western concept of God. Simplicity denies any physical or metaphysical composition in the divine being. This means God is the divine nature itself and has no accidents (properties that are not necessary) accruing to his nature. There are no real divisions or distinctions in this nature. Thus, the entirety of God is whatever is attributed to him. - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Simply put Divine Simplicity says that God is **all** of his attributes with no subdivision. God is 100% love, 100% just, 100% merciful, etc. Whatever attributes can rightly be attributed to God, He is all of each of them with no displacement of one by another. Do Biblical Unitarians hold a concept of a divinely simple God? Does it differ in any way from the above? Related: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/53993/does-divine-simplicity-imply-that-god-is-identical-to-his-attributes https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/5281/what-is-the-biblical-basis-for-divine-simplicity
Asked by Mike Borden (24105 rep)
May 4, 2022, 12:00 PM