Immutable, unchanging, incapable of being changed. It is what we were taught when asked to describe the characteristics of God. Other attributes in some way flowed easier – omniscient, invisible ...

Certainly God is immutable; but we are men, and we cannot always express ourselves the same. This is a crisis of immutability.” At the heart of the crisis is Latin, the language of the Mass and ...

Even when he reveals himself, God remains a mystery beyond words: ‘If you understood him, it would not be God.’ (CCC 230) A Service of EWTN News, Inc. ... God is immutable.

The second problem is a theologico-philosophical one. The event of the Incarnation seems to be an obvious change in the life of God—indeed, the most drastic change we can see in Scripture.

This desire to give praise to God comes from within (“we long to praise you”). But who are we humans? “A small part of your ...

Of all the qualities that the New Testament ascribes to God, compassion is among the most shocking. Compassion has nothing to do with power, with immortality or with immutability, which is what ...