aseity
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- noun
- /əˈsiːɪti/
- Formal
- "Aseity is not enough.
Examples
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However, one angel, Lucifer, rebels against his appointed telos and attempts to usurp God's aseity; that is, he forgets his created nature and decides to, if you will, out-create the Creator.
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In Christian theology, the concept of aseity highlights God's independence from all creation.
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Philosophers often debate the significance of aseity in understanding the nature of divine existence.
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The doctrine of aseity asserts that God exists in and of Himself, without reliance on anything else.
How Self-Existent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aseity comes from the Latin parts a- meaning 'from' and se meaning 'self', so it literally means 'from oneself'. A helpful way to remember this is that aseity means 'to exist by itself' or be independent, which is why the word is used to say that God depends on nothing outside himself.