Term
omniscience
The doctrine that God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible.
Filed underTheology Proper
Definition
The doctrine that God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act. This knowledge is described as intuitive, immediate, independent, infallible, and infinite. It encompasses all things actual (past, present, and future) and all things possible (what would happen under different circumstances).
Scripture
- he knows everythingsupporting evidence
- no creature is hidden from his sightsupporting evidence
- For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long agosupporting evidence for knowledge of possibilities
Sources
- 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020).
Last revised August 15, 2026