Sentences with phrase «because divine omnipotence»

For God's omnipotence can create a free responsible being without diminishing created freedom, because divine omnipotence and creaturely responsibility increase together.

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Within the context of this discussion, including the redefinition of perfection and the divine attributes of omnipotence and omniscience, the idea of God is important because God is the supreme exemplification of character and virtue, the One that empowers growth in character and virtue, the One humans are called to imitate.

This phrase, «God can do all things,» is rightly understood to mean that God can do all things that are possible; and for this reason He is said to be omnipotent... God is called omnipotent because He can do all things that are possible absolutely... everything that does not imply a contradiction in terms, is numbered amongst those possible things, in respect of which God is called omnipotent: whereas whatever implies contradiction does not come within the scope of divine omnipotence, because it can not have the aspect of possibility.