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| − | '''Transcendence''' is the | + | '''Transcendence''' is the state of [[God]]'s being as being the state of limitlessness. The term normally is used to describe the state in which God's being transcends all the limits of cosmic and physical boundaries. |
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| + | One metaphor for God's transcendence is that in mathematics called ''transcendence theory'', which is the branch of thought that studies [[transcendental number]]s. However inadequate and distracting a description of [[God]] this creates, the point of this metaphor is that the transcendental God lacks natural characteristics, just as the transcendental numbers lack algebraic properties. | ||
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Revision as of 00:12, June 7, 2011
Transcendence is the state of God's being as being the state of limitlessness. The term normally is used to describe the state in which God's being transcends all the limits of cosmic and physical boundaries.
One metaphor for God's transcendence is that in mathematics called transcendence theory, which is the branch of thought that studies transcendental numbers. However inadequate and distracting a description of God this creates, the point of this metaphor is that the transcendental God lacks natural characteristics, just as the transcendental numbers lack algebraic properties.