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Divine Omnipotence

The Father Almighty, able to do all that befits his own nature

Divine omnipotence is the conviction that God is able to do all things consistent with his own nature. The Apostles' Creed names him 'Father Almighty,' confessing a power without rival or limit from outside. Theologians have generally understood this not as the power to do the self-contradictory or to act against his goodness, but as the boundless capacity of the Creator to accomplish all that he wills.

How it traveled

  1. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  2. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
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  3. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
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  4. The Resurrection of the Dead
    Alexandria · 190
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  5. Against Heresies: Book II
    Lyons · 202
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  6. Against Hermogenes.
    — · 220
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  7. Of the Manichæans.
    — · 220
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  8. On the Resurrection of the Flesh.
    — · 220
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  9. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
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  10. The Hexæmeron
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
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  11. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
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  12. Exposition of the Christian Faith
    Milan · 397
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  13. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  14. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  15. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  16. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  17. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  18. Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manichæans
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  19. On the Holy Trinity
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  20. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. Against the Epistle of Manichæus, Called Fundamental
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. A Treatise on Nature and Grace
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. Reply to Faustus the Manichæan
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
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  25. Monologium
    Canterbury · 1109
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  26. Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])
    Paris · 1274
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  27. Treatise on the Conservation and Government of Creatures (qq[103]-119)
    Paris · 1274
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  28. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  29. Treatise on the Work of the Six Days (qq[65]-74)
    Paris · 1274
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  30. Treatise on The Creation (QQ[44-46])
    Paris · 1274
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  31. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  32. Discussion: Second Part
    Wittenberg · 1546
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  33. Book First. of the Knowledge of God the Creator
    Geneva · 1564
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  34. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  35. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  36. Dissertation on the End for Which God Created the World
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  37. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. Seven Sermons. On Important Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. The great christian doctrine of original sin defended
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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