Difference between revisions of "Incomprehensible"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_131033" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_131033" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Not capable of being contained within limits. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44887" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44887" /> == | ||
<p> This word, as occurring in the English Prayer-book, is understood, at the present day, in a sense quite different from what was designed when it was first introduced into the formularies. | <p> This word, as occurring in the English Prayer-book, is understood, at the present day, in a sense quite different from what was designed when it was first introduced into the formularies. Thus when, in the Athanasian Creed, it is said, "The Father incomprehensible," etc., the meaning is, "the Father is (imensus. i.e.) infinite," etc.: a Being not to be comprised (comprehendendus) within the limits of space. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 04:12, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Not capable of being contained within limits.
(2): ( a.) Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
This word, as occurring in the English Prayer-book, is understood, at the present day, in a sense quite different from what was designed when it was first introduced into the formularies. Thus when, in the Athanasian Creed, it is said, "The Father incomprehensible," etc., the meaning is, "the Father is (imensus. i.e.) infinite," etc.: a Being not to be comprised (comprehendendus) within the limits of space.
