Concept in Definition ABC

God is, for monotheistic religions, the Creator of the entire universe. A distinction can be made between the gods worshiped by ancient polytheistic religions, such as that outlined by classical Greece, and the notion presented by the tradition Judeo-Christian and Islam. In addition to the difference in number, monotheistic religions have in their doctrinal body a description more abstract of the divine and a strong imprint moral in their worship.

Thus, the idea of ​​God presented by monotheistic religions has a series of traits of considerable relevance: God is infiniteIn other words, it lacks limits; God is ubiquitous, that is to say, it is present everywhere; God is perfectThat is, he has everything valuable, good and desirable to an unlimited degree; God is eternal, that is to say, oblivious to the vicissitudes of time, he is outside it; God is omnipotent, that is, with power over all things; God is omniscient, that is to say, he has knowledge of everything that has been are and will happen; and finally, God is immutable, that is, he never changes.

In Christianity, the notion of God is related to the divinity of Jesus Christ. Thus, the expression "Son of God" has in his Person the function of indicating that he is heir to divine perfection, or rather, that he shares the divine nature in addition to the human one.

The most relevant books that focus on references to God are the Bible and the Koran. The first book it contains different discursive genres (historical, poetic, etc.) written at different times, in different languages ​​and, obviously, by different authors; As for the second, it was written in Arabic and devotees of Islam say that his words were delivered by Allah to the Prophet Muhammad through the Archangel Gabriel.

Of course, religious interpretations around the idea of ​​the divine vary even within the great trends monotheists (Islam, Judaism and Christianity), but as we have seen, they also have broad features in common.