Thirdly, since He is one person with God, the divine, heavenly mode, according to which all creatures are indeed much more penetrable and present to Him than they are according to the second mode. The 2d and 3d modes are illocal. He employed this mode of presence in the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper. Secondly, the incomprehensible, spiritual mode of presence according to which he neither occupies nor vacates space but penetrates every creature, wherever he wills. The comprehensible, corporeal mode of presence, as when he walked bodily on earth and vacated or occupied space according to his size. Luther*: The one body of Christ has three different modes, or all three modes, of being at any given place.
FC SD VII, The Holy Supper, 98≡01, quoting M. We reject and condemn as contrary to the Word of God and our simple Christian Creed that the human nature of Christ is locally extended to every place in heaven and earth ( Ep VIII, The Person of Christ, Antitheses, 10 cf. The FC specifically rejects ubiquity in that sense. The FC does not use the word ubiquity. 2. of teaching ubiquity in the FC in the sense of a local omnipresence or infinite extension of Christ's human nature. in reference to Christ's omnipresence also acc. Term that originated in medieval scholasticism and is sometimes used as a synonym of omnipresence. Yet, though we may not feel Him strongly at all times, we know that He is always present with us nonetheless (Ps.
Ubiquity and omnipresence free#
He is free to make us feel His proximity more strongly at certain times and in particular places (for example, Ex. In part, it signifies that His love, wrath, mercy, justice, knowledge, and so on, are fully present everywhere in creation and beyond.Įven though the Lord is fully present everywhere, this does not mean we always feel His presence equally. This immensity does not refer in any sense to physical size. Instead, the fullness of His being is equal at all times and in all places. It is not as if the Lord’s “head” is located on earth and His “foot” elsewhere in the universe. When we say God is ubiquitous, we are saying that the fullness of His presence is located everywhere. only This important distinction between ubiquity and omnipresence was not clear to.
He exists on a plane wholly distinguishable from the one readily available to the five senses.Īnother term used for omnipresence is “ubiquity.” Ubiquity means “equal whereness” and escalates the idea of God’s presence. God’s being is altogether different from physical matter. If we are not careful we might believe the Lord is like an infinite gas diffused throughout creation.
Ubiquity and omnipresence plus#
This fact, plus the tendency of the media to portray a spirit as a gaseous substance, influences how we conceive of God’s omnipresence. They are gases, and gas is one of the states of matter. He fills every place in creation.īut what does this mean? A problem with conceiving of God’s omnipresence involves the translation of the Hebrew and Greek terms used for “spirit.” Ruach and pneuma, respectively, can also be rendered into English with the words “wind” or “breath.” Even though we cannot see the molecules of breath or air with the naked eye, we do know that wind and breath have physical substance. If there is no place that we can hide, then our Creator is necessarily present in every location in existence. P1296:3, 118:2.1 The ubiquity of Deity must not be confused with the ultimacy of the divine omnipresence. As revealed in today’s passage, God is at hand in all places, and we can never hide anywhere from His presence. Continuing our contemplation of God’s infinity, we will today try to understand better the omnipresence of God.
0 kommentar(er)
