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Attributes of God
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary
or Are the several qualities or perfections of the Divine nature. Some distinguish them into the negative, and positive or affirmative. The negative are such as remove from him whatever is imperfect in creatures: such are infinity, immutability, immortality, &c. The positive are such as assert some perfection in God, which is in and of himself, and which in the creatures, in any measure, is from him. This distinction is now mostly discarded. Some distinguish them into absolute and relative: absolute ones are such as agree with the essence of God; as Jehovah, Jah, &c.; relative ones are such as agree with him in time, with some respect to his creatures, as Creator, Governor, Preserver, Redeemer, &c. But the more commonly received distinction of the attributes of God, is into communicable and incommunicable ones. The communicable ones are those of which there is some resemblance in men; as goodness, holiness, wisdom, &c: the incommunicable ones are such as there is no appearance or shadow of in men; as independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity.
See those different articles in this work; and Bates, Charnock, Abernethy, and Saurin on the Divine Perfections.
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Buck, Charles. Entry for 'Attributes of God'. Charles Buck Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/cbd/a/attributes-of-god.html. 1802.
