God

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**Yahweh** is the personal name of God in the Bible. This form is a modern scholarly convention: in Hebrew it is written as four consonants, rendered in Roman letters as **YHWH**. The most likely meaning of the name may be “He Brings Into Existence Whatever Exists," but there are many theories and none is regarded as conclusive by scholars.

**God** is the sovereign creator and eternal ruler of all things and beings that exist, whether in the physical universe or in the spiritual realm (Heaven). Not only is God the creator and ruler of the things and beings within those two realms, but He is also the creator of the realms themselves. God created the physical universe, and before He acted in this creation, the universe did not exist. Likewise God did with the spiritual realm

God is addressed as the Father, in part because of his active interest in human affairs, in the way that a father would take an interest in his children who are dependent on him and as a father, he will respond to humanity, his children, acting in their best interests. Humans can communicate with God and come closer to him through prayer – a key element of achieving communion with God.

the Bible describes God as Powerful , Self-Existent One He who is, the Creator of the universe, merciful Savior and the righteous Judge of mankind, the bearers of His image. Spiritual in his being, self-sufficient, eternal, knowing and seeing all things, gracious, patient, full of goodness and truth, and holy.

God is the transcendent being who, after having revealed himself to the people of Israel, God the Father sent his only Son to the world in the mystery of the Incarnation in the fullness of time, and through his death and resurrection he reconciled the world with himself; he then sent "the Holy Spirit, the first gift to believers, to perfect his work in the world and carry out all sanctification " .

## The search for God

Although it seems that the common tendency of man in regard to the transcendent is that of religious indifferentism and mass atheism , the human spirit is, by its nature, oriented towards God, and on God it has always been asked, even if looking for it groping (cf. Acts 17,27 ).

But the appropriate response to the demands of the man who seeks to discover the meaning of his life and destiny in God lies in the fact that God himself revealed himself , and that very little could be said about him if he were not expressly granted from his self-manifestation and revelation. The Christian faith is certain to have received the fullness of revelation in the Son of God who became man, Jesus Christ, Way, Truth and Life, and in the gift of faith that allows man to adhere to him.

## In philosophy

In philosophical terms, God is grasped as the Supreme, personal , volitional and omnipresent Entity , to which is attributed the highest perfection, ordering intelligence , driving and determining activity ( providence ) and efficient causality ( creator ). Philosophy and religions qualify it as the highest universal, unique principle.

In common perception, but also in philosophical research, the affirmation of the existence of God clashes with the problem of evil: if God exists, why evil? Leibniz dealt with the problem in his Treaties of theodicy ( 1710 ), and from here the reflection on the problem is called theodicy . Before him, however, this problem had already been the subject of reflection by many philosophers and theologians, such as Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas .

## References

1. ↑ "Yahweh." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 10 Dec. 2009
2. ↑ Bartolo-Abela, M. (2012). *The Divine Heart of God the Father* (2nd ed.). pp. 108. ISBN 978-0983715290.
3. ↑ John W. Miller, *Calling God "Father"* (November 1999) ISBN 0809138972 pages x–xii
4. ↑ Diana L. Eck (2003) *Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras* ISBN 0807073024 p. 98
5. ↑ Karl Barth, *Church Dogmatics, Vol. 2.1, Section 31: The Doctrine of God* (23 September 2010) ISBN 0567012859 pp. 15–17
6. ↑  *Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father* (3rd ed.). 2012. pp. 148. ISBN 978-0-9837152-8-3.
7. ↑ Floyd H. Barackman, 2002 *Practical Christian Theology* ISBN 0-8254-2380-5 p. 117
8. ↑ John W. Miller, *Calling God "Father"* (November 1999) ISBN 0809138972 p. 51
9. ↑ Karl Barth, *Church Dogmatics, Vol. 2.1, Section 31: The Doctrine of God* (23 September 2010) ISBN 0567012859 pp. 73–74
10. ↑ Deuteronomy 10:17
11. ↑ Exodus 3:14-15; 20:2
12. ↑ Genesis 1:1; Exodus 20:11
13. ↑ Deuteronomy 4:31
14. ↑ Psalm 50:6
15. ↑ Genesis 1:27
16. ↑ John 4:24
17. ↑ Acts 17:24-25
18. ↑ Psalm 90:2
19. ↑ Hebrews 4:13
20. ↑ Exodus 34:6
21. ↑ Revelation 15:4
22. ↑ Roman Missal, Eucharistic Prayer IV.
23. ↑ For some lessons on the theme Philosophy of God inspired by the thought of Thomas Aquinas, you can see this page: https://www.sitabologna.it/?portfolio=filosofia-di-dio-9-lizioni-a-care-of-prof-marcello-landi .