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Attributes and Abilities of the Triune God

The Triune
God
The Nature of
God
The Persons of
God
The Being of
God
Ability
(Relates to
what God
can do)
Provides Power
Enables Knowledge
Enables Understanding
Enables Wisdom
Produces Desires
Provides Consciousness
Can Think
Can Emote
Can Communicate
Can Determine
Can Act
Can Experience
 
Attribute
(Relates to
what God
is like)
Is Sufficient
Is Dependable
Is Good
Are Living
Are Self-Aware
Are Independent
Is Simple
Is Uncaused
Is Material
Is Spatial
Is Temporal
The Triune
God
 
 
Is Holy

“Ability” indicates what God can do. “Attribute” indicates what God is like.

Characteristics listed under “The Nature of God” are related to God’s one divine nature and are equally shared by the three persons. Characteristics listed under “The Persons of God” are held in common individually by the three distinct persons. Characteristics listed under “The Being of God” are applied to the entire being, i.e., to the three persons and their shared nature.

The bottom row, “The Triune God”, is kept separate to indicate that God's being holy is a characteristic of a different sort. Holiness is a by-product of God’s existence in relation to anything he creates.

This table is developed in the section “God’s Ontological Existence.”