Term

Impassibility

The belief that God's being cannot be changed or harmed by anything outside of himself.

Filed underTheology Proper

Definition

The belief that God is incapable of suffering harm in the sense that his being cannot be changed or harmed by anything outside of himself.

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Sources

  1. 1.Alan Richardson and John Bowden The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983). 290Original citation: Richardson, Alan, and John Bowden. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983, 290.

Last revised August 14, 2026