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• Immutability of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The immutability of God is the doctrine that God does not change in his being, attributes, will, or promises. It is one of the attributes of God and is confessed in common by many Protestant denominations.

• Holiness of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The holiness of God is the divine attribute by which God is set apart from all creatures and is perfectly pure, unmixed with sin. On the basis of this holiness, Scripture calls God's people to live holy lives as well.

• Omniscience of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The omniscience of God is the attribute by which God fully knows all things, past, present, and future, including the inner thoughts of the human heart. Christian traditions differ in how they understand the relationship between God's foreknowledge, predestination, and human freedom.

• The Justice of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The justice of God is the attribute by which God is righteous in himself and judges and governs all things according to a right standard. It provides a theological basis for discussions of judgment on sin, the doctrine of salvation, and social justice.

• Omnipotence of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The omnipotence of God is the doctrine that God has the power to accomplish everything He wills. It is widely known through the Apostles' Creed's confession of "God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth."

• Perichoresis

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Perichoresis is a theological term expressing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while distinct from one another, dwell in one another and exist as one God. It is commonly rendered in English as "mutual indwelling."

• Communication of Attributes

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The communication of attributes is the Christological teaching that the attributes of both the divine and human natures in the one person of Jesus Christ are together ascribed to that one person. Because the doctrine is closely tied to the understanding of the Lord's Supper, Lutheran and Reformed churches explain it in different ways.

• Aseity of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The aseity of God is the theological teaching that God exists of himself, depending on nothing else, and has the source of being and life within himself. It is counted among the basic attributes in the Christian doctrine of God.

• Divine Simplicity

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Divine simplicity is the doctrine that God is not a being composed of multiple parts or elements and that God's attributes are identical with His essence itself.

• Passive Obedience

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Passive obedience is a theological term for the obedience by which Jesus Christ, in the place of sinners, bore the penalty of sin through his suffering and death on the cross. It is paired with active obedience, by which he kept the law perfectly.

• Substitutionary Atonement of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The substitutionary atonement of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ, by dying on the cross, paid in humanity's place the price of sin that people owed and delivered them from sin and death. It is often called simply substitutionary atonement.

• Humanity of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The humanity of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ is a true human being, possessing a body and a soul yet without sin; together with his divinity, it forms the core of Christology.

• Preexistence of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The preexistence of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ existed with the Father before his human birth and before creation.

• Personhood of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The personhood of the Holy Spirit is the Christian doctrine that the Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force but a personal being with intellect, emotion, and will, and that He is one of the persons of the triune God.

• Work of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The work of the Holy Spirit is a comprehensive term for what the Holy Spirit, one person of the triune God, does in creation and revelation, in the application of salvation, in the sanctification of believers, and in the building up of the church.

• Mediation of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The mediation of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ stands between God and humanity, reconciles the two, and continues to intercede for believers. Protestants confess Christ as the sole mediator.

• Prophetic Office of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The prophetic office of Christ is the office by which Jesus Christ reveals and makes known to humanity the will of God and the way of salvation. Together with his priestly and kingly offices, it constitutes the threefold office (munus triplex) of Christ.

• Kingship of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The kingship of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ, as King, rules over the church and the whole world. Protestant theology describes it as one of the three offices of Christ, alongside the prophetic and priestly offices.

• Witness of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The witness of the Holy Spirit is the doctrine that the Holy Spirit confirms truth in the hearts of believers. It refers chiefly to the Spirit's testimony that believers are children of God and to the Spirit's work of assuring them that Scripture is the Word of God.

• Priesthood of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The priesthood of Christ is the teaching that Jesus Christ offered his own body once for all as a sacrifice to atone for sin and that he continues to intercede for believers before God. Together with his prophetic and kingly offices, it forms the threefold office of Christ.