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Divine Eternity

God does not wait for tomorrow; he holds all time in a single present

Divine eternity teaches that God exists without beginning, end, or succession of moments. Augustine, especially in Book XI of his Confessions, and Boethius in his Consolation, described God as dwelling in a timeless present rather than enduring through time as creatures do. On this view, God is not bound by the flow of past, present, and future but is the eternal source from whom time itself proceeds.

How it traveled

  1. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
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  2. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  3. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
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  4. Against Eunomius
    Nyssa · 395
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  5. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  6. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  7. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  8. Monologium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  9. Proslogium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  10. Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])
    Paris · 1274
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  11. Treatise on The Creation (QQ[44-46])
    Paris · 1274
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  12. Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43])
    Paris · 1274
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  13. Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator
    Geneva · 1564
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  14. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  15. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  16. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 10 - THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 1↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 10 - THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 2↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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The Confessions — The design of his confessions being declared, he seeks from God the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and begins to expound the words of Genesis I. I, concerning the creation of the world. The questions of rash disputers being refuted, ‘What did God before he created the world?’ That he might the better overcome his opponents, he adds a copious disquisition concerning time. — They Who Ask This Have Not as Yet Known the Eternity of God, Which is Exempt from the Relation of Time.↗explains

The Confessions · Augustine of Hippo

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 10 - THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 3↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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Against Eunomius — Book I — part 40↗explains

Against Eunomius · Gregory of Nyssa

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms — Psalm CII — part 4↗explains

Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Monologium — Chapter XVIII.↗explains

Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Monologium — Chapter XXIV.↗explains

Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Proslogium — Chapter XIII↗explains

Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Proslogium — Chapter XIX↗explains

Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Proslogium — Chapter XX.↗explains

Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Proslogium — Chapter XXI.↗explains

Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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The Confessions — Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Gen. I.) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. — Although It is Said Eight Times that ‘God Saw that It Was Good,’ Yet Time Has No Relation to God and His Word.↗explains

The Confessions · Augustine of Hippo

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 10 - THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 4↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 10 - THE ETERNITY OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 5↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 16 - OF TRUTH (EIGHT ARTICLES) — part 5↗explains

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) · Thomas Aquinas

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Monologium — Chapter XXII.↗explains

Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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The Confessions — The design of his confessions being declared, he seeks from God the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and begins to expound the words of Genesis I. I, concerning the creation of the world. The questions of rash disputers being refuted, ‘What did God before he created the world?’ That he might the better overcome his opponents, he adds a copious disquisition concerning time. — Before the Times Created by God, Times Were Not.↗explains

The Confessions · Augustine of Hippo

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Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43]) — Question. 42 - OF EQUALITY AND LIKENESS AMONG THE DIVINE PERSONS (SIX ARTICLES) — part 3↗explains

Treatise on The Most Holy Trinity (QQ[27-43]) · Thomas Aquinas

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City of God — Augustin passes to the second part of the work, in which the origin, progress, and destinies of the earthly and heavenly cities are discussed.—Speculations regarding the creation of the world. — That the World and Time Had Both One Beginning, and the One Did Not Anticipate the Other.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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