Divine attributes
What Divine attributes means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The qualities attributed to God, such as omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), and omnibenevolence (all-loving).
Ideas about the divine that come from nature and scripture, including omnipotence, transcendence, benevolence and immanence.
Topics that use Divine attributes
- Theme C: The existence of God and revelation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atheism
- Authority of scripture
- Christianity in Britain
- Contrasting worldviews
- Cosmology and origins
- Enlightenment
- General revelation
- Humanist ethics and reason
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