“The danger of … abstractionist thinking [we can gain "objective knowledge" of God] has always been that things are viewed as existing in themselves without taking into consideration the relationships in which they stand to other things. It asks, What is God in Himself? No movement can be applied to God; therefore we confess that he is immutable and eternal. No limitations can be applied to God; therefore we hold that he is infinite, almighty, and invisible. No composition can be ascribed to God; therefore he is simple and good. Finally, no essential multiplicity can be ascribed to God; therefore God is one.” (p. 218)

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