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Divine Omnipotence

The Father Almighty, able to do all that befits his own nature

Divine omnipotence is the conviction that God is able to do all things consistent with his own nature. The Apostles' Creed names him 'Father Almighty,' confessing a power without rival or limit from outside. Theologians have generally understood this not as the power to do the self-contradictory or to act against his goodness, but as the boundless capacity of the Creator to accomplish all that he wills.

How it traveled

  1. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  2. 1 Corinthians
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  3. 1 Timothy
    Ephesus · 67
    explains
  4. Mark
    Rome · 68
    explains
  5. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  6. Acts
    Rome · 84
    explains
  7. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
    explains
  8. The First Apology
    Rome · 165
    explains
  9. The Resurrection of the Dead
    Alexandria · 190
    explains
  10. Against Heresies: Book II
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  11. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  12. Against Heresies: Book IV
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  13. Against Hermogenes.
    — · 220
    explains
  14. Of the Manichæans.
    — · 220
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  15. On the Resurrection of the Flesh.
    — · 220
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  16. The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.
    — · 220
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  17. Apology.
    — · 220
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  18. The Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes.
    — · 220
    explains
  19. A Treatise on the Anger of God Addressed to Donatus
    — · 325
    explains
  20. Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
    — · 325
    explains
  21. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  22. Against the Heathen. (Contra Gentes.)
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  23. The Incarnation of the Word
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  24. The Hexæmeron
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  25. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  26. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  27. The Great Catechism
    Nyssa · 395
    explains
  28. Against Eunomius
    Nyssa · 395
    explains
  29. On the Making of Man
    Nyssa · 395
    explains
  30. Exposition of the Christian Faith
    Milan · 397
    explains

Key passages(20)

Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 25 - THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 3↗explains

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

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 25 - THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 2↗explains

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

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 25 - THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 4↗explains

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

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City of God — Of the eternal happiness of the saints, the resurrection of the body, and the miracles of the early Church. — That, in the Resurrection, the Substance of Our Bodies, However Disintegrated, Shall Be Entirely Reunited.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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A Treatise on Faith and the Creed — Of God and His Exclusive Eternity.↗explains

A Treatise on Faith and the Creed · Augustine of Hippo

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Anselm's Cur Deus Homo — Book Second — Chapter XI.↗applies

Anselm's Cur Deus Homo · Anselm of Canterbury

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Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator — CHAPTER 16. - THE WORLD, CREATED BY GOD, STILL CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY HIM. EACH AND ALL OF ITS PARTS GOVERNED BY HIS PROVIDENCE. — part 2↗explains

Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator · John Calvin

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — That It is Not Contrary to Nature That, in an Object Whose Nature is Known, There Should Be Discovered an Alteration of the Properties Which Have Been Known as Its Natural Properties.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — That the Ultimate Reason for Believing Miracles is the Omnipotence of the Creator.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichæans — God the Highest and Unchangeable Good, from Whom are All Other Good Things, Spiritual and Corporeal.↗explains

Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichæans · Augustine of Hippo

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Discussion: Second Part — Section LXXXIV.↗explains

Discussion: Second Part · Martin Luther

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon X. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 3↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Proslogium — Chapter VII.↗explains

Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects — part 7↗explains

Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril — Almighty. — part 1↗explains

The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril · Cyril of Jerusalem

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The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret — Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, Bishop of Cyprus. — To the Soldiers.↗explains

The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus

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The Enchiridion — The Omnipotent God Does Well Even in the Permission of Evil.↗explains

The Enchiridion · Augustine of Hippo

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The Enchiridion — The Will of the Omnipotent God is Never Defeated, and is Never Evil.↗explains

The Enchiridion · Augustine of Hippo

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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians., In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God.↗explains

The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. · The Epistles of Clement

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Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26]) — Question. 25 - THE POWER OF GOD (SIX ARTICLES) — part 1↗explains

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

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