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Divine Omnipresence

No height, depth or hidden place lies outside the God who fills all things

Divine omnipresence is the teaching that God is wholly present everywhere throughout his creation. Drawing on the tradition of Psalm 139, where no flight can escape God's presence, and developed by Augustine, it holds that God is not spread thinly across space but is fully present in every place at once. He sustains all that exists while remaining uncontained by it, near to all his creatures.

How it traveled

  1. Acts
    Rome · 84
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  2. Against Heresies: Book II
    Lyons · 202
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  3. The Octavius of Minucius Felix.
    Rome · 250
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  4. The Incarnation of the Word
    Alexandria · 373
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  5. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  6. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  7. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  8. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  9. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  10. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  11. On the Morals of the Catholic Church
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  12. John of Damascus: Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
    Damascus · 749
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  13. Monologium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  14. Proslogium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  15. Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])
    Paris · 1274
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Key passages(20)

Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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The Sovereignty of God · Martin Luther

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Acts · Luke the Evangelist

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Against Heresies: Book II · Irenaeus of Lyons

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Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo

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Homilies on Second Corinthians · John Chrysostom

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Monologium · Anselm of Canterbury

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On the Duties of the Clergy · Ambrose of Milan

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Proslogium · Anselm of Canterbury

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