Incorporeality Of God
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
Is his being without a body. That God is incorporeal is evident; for,
1. Materiality is incompatible with self-existence, and God being self-existent, must be incorporeal.
2. If God were corporeal, he could not be present in any part of the world where body is; yet his presence is necessary for the support and, motion of body.
3. A body cannot be in two places at the same time; yet he is every where, and fills heaven and earth.
4. A body is to be seen and felt, but God is invisible and impalpable, John 1:18 . Charnock's works, vol. 1: p. 117; Doddridge's Lect. lec. 47; Gill's Body of Div. vol. 1: p. 45. oct.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is his being without a body. That God is incorporeal is evident; for,
1. Materiality is incompatible with self-existence, and God, being self- existent, must be incorporeal.
2. If God were corporeal, he could not be present in any part of the world where body is; yet his presence is necessary for the support and motion of body.
3. A body cannot. be in two places at the same time; yet he is everywhere, and fills heaven and earth.
4. A body is to be seen and felt, but God is invisible and impalpable (John 1, 185. See Charnock, Works, 1, 117; Gill, Body of Divinity, 1, 45, 8vo; Diudiridge, Lectures on Divinity, lect. 47. (See God)).
