What name is given to the identification of God with the universe?
"God becomes the Universe The belief that God became the Universe is a theological doctrine that has been developed several times historically, and holds that the creator of the universe actually became the universe. Historically, for versions of this theory where God has ceased to exist or to act as a separate and conscious entity, some have used the term pandeism, which combines aspects of pantheism and deism, to refer to such a theology. A similar concept is panentheism, which has the creator become the universe only in part, but remain in some other part transcendent to it, as well."
"proper name for God in many of these languages may either be distinguished from such attributes, or homonymic. For example, in Judaism the tetragrammaton is sometimes related to the ancient Hebrew ""ehyeh"" (""I will be""). In the Hebrew Bible (), the personal name of God is revealed directly to Moses, namely: ""Yahweh"". Correlation between various theories and interpretation of the name of ""the one God"", used to signify a monotheistic or ultimate Supreme Being from which all other divine attributes derive, has been a subject of ecumenical discourse between Eastern and Western scholars for over two centuries. In Christian theology"
"establishes the heavens, restricts the chaotic waters, and shapes the mountains and fields."" Borrowing ideas from Greek philosophers who held that reason bound the universe together, the Wisdom tradition taught that God's Wisdom, Word and Spirit were the ground of cosmic unity. Christianity in turn adopted these ideas and applied them to Jesus: the Epistle to the Colossians calls Jesus ""...image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation..."", while the Gospel of John identifies him with the creative word (""In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God""). In the 4th"
"basic definition of Cosmology is the science of the origin and development of the universe. In modern astronomy the Big Bang theory is the dominant postulation. In theology, the cosmos is the created heavenly bodies (sun, moon, planets, and fixed stars). In Christian theology, the word is also used synonymously with ""aion"" to refer to ""worldly life"" or ""this world"" or ""this age"" as opposed to the afterlife or world to come. The 1870 book ""Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology"" noted The book ""The Works of Aristotle"" (1908, p. 80 ""Fragments"") mentioned Bertrand Russell (1947) noted Cosmos"
"in the Hebrew Bible. The name YHWH is a combination of the future, present, and past tense of the verb ""howa"" () meaning ""to be"" and translated literally means ""The self-existent One"". A further explanation of the name was given to Moses when YHWH stated ""Eheye Asher Eheye"" () ""I will be that I will be"", the name relates to God as God truly is, God's revealed essence, which transcends the universe. It also represents God's compassion towards the world. In Jewish tradition another name of God is Elohim, relating to the interaction between God and the universe, God as"
"Wisdom to the concept of the Logos resulted in the interpretation of ""Holy Wisdom"" (""Hagia Sophia"") as an aspect of Christ the Logos. The expression itself is not found in the New Testament, even though passages in the Pauline epistles equate Christ with the ""wisdom of God"" (). The clearest form of the identification of Divine Wisdom with Christ comes in 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:13. In 1 Cor. 2:7, Paul speaks of the Wisdom of God as a mystery which was ""ordained before the world unto our glory"". Following 1 Corinthians, the Church Fathers named Christ as ""Wisdom of God"". Therefore,"
"view that the universe is within God and that God also transcends the universe. The term was coined by German idealist philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832). Halliday did not hold with the view of pantheism, which sees the universe as identical with God. He was well-versed both in comparative religion and the science of his day, and wrote extensively on the relation between the different religions, and between science and religion. He often quoted Einstein's famous equation and explained ""We all know today, as a matter of fact, not fantasy, that matter can be broken down and demonstrated to"
"of light. The various emanations of God are called æons. According to Hippolytus, this view was inspired by the Pythagoreans, who called the first thing that came into existence the ""Monad"", which begat the dyad, which begat the numbers, which begat the point, begetting lines, etc. The Sethian cosmogony as most famously contained in the Apocryphon (""Secret book"") of John describes an unknown God, very similar to the orthodox apophatic theology, but different from the orthodox teachings that this God is the creator of heaven and earth. Orthodox theologians often attempt to define God through a series of explicit positive"
"therefore unknown and inconceivable. It constitutes His internal hypostasis. God, however, is made known to the world with the rest of the names that He revealed in the Qur'ān and with which He communicates with His creatures. The names of God are neither identical with God, nor different from Him (hal asmāʼ Allāh hiya huwa am ghayruh). The names are not part of God, nor are they added to the divine essence, since thus God would be divided. God, however, is not portioned, is one and indivisible. In this sense, the attributes of His essence are eternal. The names, however,"
"as the origin and the end of the universe. The Church teaches that God can be known with certainty from the created world with human reason. Our natural knowledge of God is acquired by discursive reasoning upon the data of sense by introspection, """"For the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; His eternal power also, and Divinity"""" (St. Paul, ). Created things, by the properties and activities of their natures, manifest, as in a glass, darkly, the powers and perfections of the creator. But these"
"Supreme Being and creator of the universe. In the Hebrew Bible and Judaism, ""The Existing One"", ""I Am that I Am"" and its initials, the tetragrammaton YHWH (, ""I am who I am"") are used as names of God. Yahweh and Jehovah are used in Christianity as vocalizations of YHWH. In the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, God, coexisting in three ""persons"", is called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Hebrew Tanakh, God is referred to as Elohim or Adonai, in addition to other names. In Islam, the name Allah is used, while Muslims also have"
"General revelation In theology, general revelation, or natural revelation, refers to knowledge about God and spiritual matters, discovered through natural means, such as observation of nature (the physical universe), philosophy and reasoning. Christian theologians use the term to describe knowledge of God purported to be plainly available to all mankind. General revelation is usually understood to pertain to outward temporal events that are experienced within the world or the physical universe. The definition may be extended to include human conscience or providence or providential history. General revelation is a form of revelation that gives knowledge through experience or records of"
"wisdom. Logos (Christianity) In Christology, the Logos () is a name or title of Jesus Christ, derived from the prologue to the Gospel of John (""c"" 100) ""In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"", as well as in the Book of Revelation (""c"" 85), ""And he ""was"" clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."" These passages have been important for establishing the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus since the earliest days of Christianity. According to Irenaeus of Lyon (""c"" 130-202)"
"the role of master builder while God establishes the heavens, restricts the chaotic waters, and shapes the mountains and fields."" Borrowing ideas from Greek philosophers who held that reason bound the universe together, the Wisdom tradition taught that God's Wisdom, Word and Spirit were the ground of cosmic unity. Christianity in turn adopted these ideas and applied them to Jesus: the Epistle to the Colossians calls Jesus ""...image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation..."", while the Gospel of John identifies him with the creative word (""In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and"
"of the divine, which contrasts with the notion of a god (or, the Absolute) that exists exclusively in the physical order (immanentism), or indistinguishable from it (pantheism). Transcendence can be attributed to the divine not only in its being, but also in its knowledge. Thus, a god may transcend both the universe and knowledge (is beyond the grasp of the human mind). Although transcendence is defined as the opposite of immanence, the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Some theologians and metaphysicians of various religious traditions affirm that a god is both within and beyond the universe (panentheism); in it,"
"they hoped to gain authority for their views. Christianity in the 1st century was influenced by a Christianized form of Platonism, which had been set out in the four books of the ""Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum"" - ""The Celestrial Hierarchy"", ""The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy"", ""On Divine Names"" and ""The Mystical Theology"". Having been attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, the books explained the relationship among celestrial beings, humans, God and the universe. At the heart of the explanation were numbers. According to ""The Celestrial Hierarchy"" the universe consisted of a threefold division - heaven, earth and hell. Sunlight lit up the"
"God of Revelation, Who, though unknowable, has made Himself known, through the incarnation of the Son, to all who have received the Holy Spirit, Who proceeds from the Father and is sent into the world in the name of the incarnate Son."" The Trinitarian processions in revelation thus produce the energies which human beings experience as grace and by which they are sanctified or ""deified"". In his ""Mystical Theology"" he argued that the theologians of the undivided Church understood that theosis was above knowledge (gnosis). This was further clarified in his work, ""Vision of God"" (or theoria). In both works"
"Omega Point The Omega Point is a spiritual belief and a scientific speculation that everything in the universe is fated to spiral towards a final point of divine unification. The term was coined by the French Jesuit Catholic priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955). Teilhard argued that the Omega Point resembles the Christian Logos, namely Christ, who draws all things into himself, who in the words of the Nicene Creed, is ""God from God"", ""Light from Light"", ""True God from true God"", and ""through him all things were made"". In the Book of Revelation, Christ describes himself thrice as ""the"
"Philo, who also said that the Logos was God's instrument in the creation of the Universe. In Christology, the ""Logos"" () is a name or title of Jesus Christ, seen as the pre-existent second person of the Trinity. The concept derives from , which in the Douay–Rheims, King James, New International, and other versions of the Bible, reads: The Koine Greek reads, ""Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.(En arkhêi ên ho lógos, kaì ho lógos ên ""pròs tòn theón, kaì theòs ên ho lógos"".) The definite article is used"
"to direct communication from God to a person. General revelation In theology, general revelation, or natural revelation, refers to knowledge about God and spiritual matters, discovered through natural means, such as observation of nature (the physical universe), philosophy and reasoning. Christian theologians use the term to describe knowledge of God purported to be plainly available to all mankind. General revelation is usually understood to pertain to outward temporal events that are experienced within the world or the physical universe. The definition may be extended to include human conscience or providence or providential history. General revelation is a form of revelation"
"with God, being exegetically equated with Jesus. A foremost contribution to the Christology of the Apostolic Age is that of Paul. The central Christology of Paul conveys the notion of Christ's pre-existence and the identification of Christ as ""Kyrios"". The Pauline epistles use ""Kyrios"" to identify Jesus almost 230 times, and express the theme that the true mark of a Christian is the confession of Jesus as the true Lord. Paul viewed the superiority of the Christian revelation over all other divine manifestations as a consequence of the fact that Christ is the Son of God. Nevertheless, the view that"
"Acknowledging that this explanation does not address the text as it is now, Plaut presented the alternative explanation (which Plaut attributed to the Israeli scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann) that Moses and the people had since patriarchal time known the Name , ""YHVH"", as God's name, but this knowledge had hardly been more than a “customary appellation.” In however, after his first trials and failures, Moses confronted God again, and this time God revealed the Name more fully, which is to say that Moses saw God more clearly than before, in a new light. Turning to the etymology of the Name, Plaut"
"God the Son God the Son () is the second person of the Trinity in Christian theology. The doctrine of the Trinity identifies Jesus as the incarnation of God, united in essence (consubstantial) but distinct in person with regard to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit (the first and third persons of the Trinity). The phrase ""God the Son"" is not found in the Bible, but is found in later Christian sources. By scribal error the term is in one medieval manuscript, MS No.1985, where Galatians 2:20 has ""Son of God"" changed to ""God the Son"". The term"
"God created the heavens and the earth . . .""—Genesis 1:1). We oppose any godless interpretation of the origin of the universe and of humankind. However, the church accepts as valid all scientifically verifiable discoveries in geology and other natural phenomena, for we firmly believe that God is the Creator. (Articles I.1., V. 5.1, VII.) (2005) The Eastern Orthodox Church is divided in two large categories, which might be labeled as compatibilism and dualism. On the one hand, compatibilists hold that evolutionary science and theology are compatible and view them as complementary revelations of God. As God is the source"
"how to appropriately stand in-between Heaven ( ""An"" or ""Dingir"") and Earth ( ""Ki""), by acting in accordance with the creative word ( ""utu"") and the measures ( ""me"") represented by the gods ( ""dingir""), all constituting the energetic ""logos"" ( ""lil"") of Heaven. Gods are held to be immortal beings, who are human-like and yet invisible to human eyes. They are potencies who guide the development of the universe. The four main divine beings are: ① the universal god ""An""/""Dingir"" (literally ""Heaven""/""God"", astrally identified as the ecliptic north celestial pole encompassed by the coil of the constellation Draco, and"
"concept of a Manifestation of God emphasizes the simultaneously existing qualities of humanity and divinity. In the station of divinity, they show forth the will, knowledge and attributes of God; in the station of humanity, they show the physical qualities of common man. A common Bahá'í analogy used to explain the relationship between the Manifestation of God and God is that of a perfect mirror. In the analogy, God is likened to the Sun – the source of physical life on earth. The spirit and attributes of God are likened to the rays of the Sun, and the Manifestations of"
"deity and fullness of humanity are united, the union of the natures being such that they can neither be divided nor confused"". Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament, is the self-disclosure of the one, true God, both in his teaching and in his person; Christ, in Christian faith, is considered the incarnation of God. Ilah, ' (; plural: '), is an Arabic word meaning ""god"". It appears in the name of the monotheistic god of Islam as Allah ('). which literally means ""the god"" in Arabic. Islam is strictly monotheistic and the first statement of the ""shahada"", or Muslim"
"God."" This is also referred to as experiencing the uncreated light of God, the light of Tabor of Christ's Transfiguration as was seen by the apostles at Mount Tabor. The Hesychast controversy was a theological dispute in the Byzantine Empire during the 14th century between supporters and opponents of Gregory Palamas. Gregory Palamas of Thessaloniki (1296-1359), provided a theological justification for the practice of hesychasm. Palamas stated that there is a distinction between the essence (""ousia"") and the energies (""energeia"") of God. While God in his essence is unknowable and indeterminible, the vision of God can be attained when his"
"Divine providence In theology, divine providence, or just providence, is God's intervention in the Universe. The term ""Divine Providence"" (usually capitalized) is also used as a title of God. A distinction is usually made between ""general providence"", which refers to God's continuous upholding of the existence and natural order of the Universe, and ""special providence"", which refers to God's extraordinary intervention in the life of people. Miracles generally fall in the latter category. The word comes from Latin ""providentia"" ""foresight, prudence"", from ""pro-"" ""ahead"" and ""videre"" ""to see"". The current use of the word has the sense of ""knowledge of"
"the Name. Plaut reports that Biblical scholars have attempted to solve this contradiction in various ways, many positing that belongs to the Priestly source, which held that the Patriarchs knew God only as Elohim or El Shaddai, and that God first disclosed the Name , ""YHVH"", to Moses. According to this theory, the passages in Genesis that use the Name , ""YHVH"", and the passages in that refer to , ""YHVH"", are assigned to the J tradition. Adherents of this theory argue that in the P school connected , ""YHVH"", with Moses to establish the legitimacy of the priestly hierarchy."
"Conceptions of God Conceptions of God in monotheist, pantheist, and panentheist religions – or of the supreme deity in henotheistic religions – can extend to various levels of abstraction: The first recordings that survive of monotheistic conceptions of God, borne out of henotheism and (mostly in Eastern religions) monism, are from the Hellenistic period. Of the many objects and entities that religions and other belief systems across the ages have labeled as divine, the one criterion they share is their acknowledgement as divine by a group or groups of human beings. In his ""Metaphysics"", Aristotle discusses meaning of ""being as"
"Hypostatic union Hypostatic union (from the Greek: ""hypóstasis"", ""sediment, foundation, substance, subsistence"") is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one hypostasis, or individual existence. The most basic explanation for the hypostatic union is Jesus Christ being both God and man. He is both perfectly divine and perfectly human. The Athanasian Creed recognized this doctrine and affirmed its importance, stating that ""He is God from the essence of the Father, begotten before time; and he is human from the essence of his mother, born in time; completely"
"God In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith. The concept of God, as described by theologians, commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (all-knowing), omnipotence (all-powerful), omnipresence (all-present), and as having an eternal and necessary existence. Depending on one's kind of theism, these attributes are used either in way of analogy, or in a literal sense as distinct properties. God is most often held to be incorporeal (immaterial). Incorporeality and corporeality of God are related to conceptions of transcendence (being outside nature) and immanence (being in nature) of God, with"