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'''God''', in [[monotheism|monotheistic]] thought, is conceived of as the supreme being, [[creator deity]], and principal object of [[Faith#Religious views|faith]].<ref name=Swinburne>[[Richard Swinburne|Swinburne, R.G.]] "God" in [[Ted Honderich|Honderich, Ted]]. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', [[Oxford University Press]], 1995.</ref> God is usually [[conceptions of God|conceived]] as being [[omnipotent]] (all-powerful), [[omniscient]] (all-knowing), [[omnipresent]] (all-present) and [[omnibenevolent]] (all-good) as well as having an [[Eternal existence|eternal]] and [[Metaphysical necessity|necessary existence]]. These attributes are used either in way of [[analogy]] or are taken literally. God is most often held to be [[incorporeality|incorporeal]] (immaterial).<ref name="Swinburne" /><ref>David Bordwell (2002). ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'', Continuum International Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-86012-324-8}} p. 84</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P17.HTM|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church – IntraText|accessdate=30 December 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303003725/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P17.HTM|archivedate=3 March 2013}}</ref> Incorporeality and corporeality of God are related to conceptions of [[transcendence (religion)|transcendence]] (being outside nature) and [[immanence]] (being in nature) of God, with positions of synthesis such as the "[[Chinese theology|immanent transcendence]]".
'''God''', in [[monotheism|monotheistic]] thought, is conceived of as the supreme being, [[creator deity]], and principal object of [[Faith#Religious views|faith]].<ref name=Swinburne>[[Richard Swinburne|Swinburne, R.G.]] "God" in [[Ted Honderich|Honderich, Ted]]. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', [[Oxford University Press]], 1995.</ref> God is usually [[conceptions of God|conceived]] as being [[omnipotent]] (all-powerful), [[omniscient]] (all-knowing), [[omnipresent]] (all-present) and [[omnibenevolent]] (all-good) as well as having an [[Eternal existence|eternal]] and [[Metaphysical necessity|necessary existence]]. These attributes are used either in way of [[analogy]] or are taken literally. God is most often held to be [[incorporeality|incorporeal]] (immaterial).<ref name="Swinburne" /><ref>David Bordwell (2002). ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'', Continuum International Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-86012-324-8}} p. 84</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P17.HTM|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church – IntraText|accessdate=30 December 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303003725/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P17.HTM|archivedate=3 March 2013}}</ref> Incorporeality and corporeality of God are related to conceptions of [[transcendence (religion)|transcendence]] (being outside nature) and [[immanence]] (being in nature) of God, with positions of synthesis such as the "[[Chinese theology|immanent transcendence]]".
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