Catechism of the Orthodox Christian Faith

The Attributes of God

Part I: On Faith · The First Article: God

Q086

What essential attributes of God may be derived from divine revelation?

The Holy Scriptures teach that God is Spirit; eternal; all-good and loving; omniscient; all-just; almighty; omnipresent; unchangeable; all-sufficient to himself; and all-blessed. These attributes are not parts of God, for God is simple and undivided; they are the ways in which the one incomprehensible God reveals himself to us in his energies.