As far as we can, we should think of God as good but without quality, great but without quantity, a creator even though he lacks nothing, a ruler with no position, the sustainer of all things without having them, fully present everywhere but with no place of his own, eternal but without time, making things that are changeable but without change or passion within himself. Anyone who thinks about God like this, even though he cannot discover everything there is to know about him, nevertheless is careful not to think anything about him that is not true.
St. Augustine, On the Trinity
Thanks to Adrianna Wright at Intervarsity Press, I have really been enjoying We Believe in One God, the first volume in the Ancient Christian Doctrine series. The Book is the first in a series of commentaries on the Nicene Creed, culled entirely from the early church (AD 95 to AD 750). It’s a great resource!
To give an idea of the content of the book, over the next few weeks or so, Fridays will feature a quote (or a few quotes) that seemed particularly insightful, interesting, or even silly, from one of the fathers of the church.
