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72<br />

Theologians Categories Attributes<br />

William G. T. Shedd<br />

Charles Hodge<br />

Louis Berkhof<br />

Herman Bavinck<br />

The Attributes of God:<br />

Varieties of Categorization<br />

(continued)<br />

Incommunicable • Shedd/Hodge: self-existence,<br />

simplicity, infinity, eternity,<br />

immutability<br />

• Berkhof: self-existence,<br />

immutability, unity, infinity<br />

(perfection, eternity,<br />

immensity)<br />

• Bavinck: independence,<br />

self-sufficiency, immutability,<br />

infinity: eternity, immensity<br />

(omnipresence); oneness<br />

(numerical, qualitative)<br />

Communicable • Shedd/Hodge: wisdom,<br />

benevolence, holiness,<br />

justice, compassion, truth<br />

• Berkhof:<br />

spirituality<br />

intellectual<br />

knowledge<br />

wisdom<br />

veracity<br />

moral goodness (love, grace,<br />

mercy, longsuffering)<br />

holiness<br />

righteousness<br />

remunerative justice<br />

retributive justice<br />

sovereignty<br />

sovereign will<br />

sovereign power<br />

• Bavinck:<br />

Life and Spirit<br />

spirituality<br />

invisibility<br />

Perfect in self-consciousness<br />

knowledge, omniscience<br />

wisdom<br />

veracity<br />

Ethical nature<br />

goodness<br />

righteousness<br />

holiness<br />

Lord, King, Sovereign<br />

will<br />

freedom<br />

omnipotence<br />

Absolute Blessedness<br />

perfection<br />

blessedness<br />

glory<br />

(continued, p. 74)

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