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H. R. NIEBUHR'S WAY OF SPEAKING ABOUT GOD

" . . . the power by which all things are . . ." (RS: 44).

", , . . . not the commander who gives laws but the doer of small and of mighty deeds, the creator of sparrows and clother of lilies, the ultimate giver of blindness and of sight, the ruler whose rule is hidden in the manifold activities of plural agencies but is yet in a way visible to those who know how to interpret the signs of the times" (67).

". . . the ultimate person, the ultimate cause, the center ' of universal community . . . " (86).

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" . . . the inscrutable power by which I am. , . . . , the power that threw me into being in this mortal destructible body . . . " (114)

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". .  . that otherness by which the self is self . . ." (116).

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". . . the ultimate power of being . . ." (120).

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". . . the radical act . . ." (120)

" . . . the ultimate power . . ." (120).

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". . . the One other beyond all the finite systems of nature and soci etyll and society" (123).IIthe One creative power .. , the Transcendent One .. ," (123 f.).IIthe radical action by which I am, by which my society is, by which this world is ...11(124),IIthe power by which all things are and by which I am ..,II(124 f.),IIcenter and source of a11 existence . , .II(125). II  the self responds. . . . the Determiner of Desti ny "... the universal, omnificent One, whom Jesus Christ called Father (164). \~. . . the f"j na1 end, the ultimate source, . the last environment to which the Christian is related in all his relations. the ultimate spirit that moves in the depths of his life and of all creation" (155).• II II · . the universal that contains and transforms, includes and fashions~every particu1ar" (164). " . . .\[the\]overflowing creativity, ... the infinite artistry, that rejoices in its creations, that rejects~because it is allgrace~the censorships of human laws, not because it falls below the common human standard, but because it rises far above itl\! (166).II the omnificent intention that is wholly affirmative of what it brings into being. . the action, which hates nothing that it has made but wills it to be and to be whole ll(166).II the infinite intention, behind or inclusive of all the finite intentions .... the will beyond all finite wills. .I\!(166). omn ifi cence, . . . the all-doerll (170)." II the universal intention~the meaning of the One beyond the many . . .II(170).II · . the universal action beyond all particular action ll(172).II II the determining power, the One who acts in all the many. (173). II • the decisive action by which we are, and all things are, by which we are destroyed and all things are destroyed (175). II II • the oneness behind and in and through all the many-ness in which we live and which we knowll(175).4 II .. [the] One beyond all the many, [the] power present in all powers, the reason present ina11 reasons, [the] idea inc1usi ve of all ideas, [the] nature behind and through all natures, [the] environment envi roni ng all our envi ronments . . . II(175).II • the uni versa1 source of the uni versa1 real i ty . . . the transcendent, the all-enveloping .... the mysterious shadow of the Power we do not know, but somehow bel i eve . . .II(liThe Tri ad of Fa; thII:12

". . . the One creative power . . . the Transcendent One . . ." (123 f.).

". . . the radical action by which I am, by which my society is, by which this world is . . ."(124).

". . . the power by which all things are and by which I am . . ."(124 f.)

" . . . center and source of all existence . . ."(125).

". . . the deed by which [the responsible self] is a self, one I among all its roles . . [the] one action in all the actions to which it is subjected" (125).

". . . the One action in the actions of the many upon me . . ." (126).

". . . the One intention in all intentions . . ." (140).

". . . the One action that is present in all the many actions upon us and particularly present in the deed whereby we are . . ." (141).

". . . the One who embraces and is present in the many . . . " (143).

". . . the One who heals all our diseases, forgives all our iniquities, saves our lives from destruction, and crowns us with everlasting mercy" (144 f.) .

". . . the final circumambiency in which [man] lives and moves and has his being" (153) .

". . . the last giver of commandments to life . . . the final goal of the human quest after the vision of glory . . . the last activity to which the self responds. . . . the Determiner of Destiny . . . the final end, the ultimate source, . the last environment to which [the Christian] is related in all his relations . . . the ultimate spirit that moves in the depths of his life and of all creation" (155).

". . . the universal, omnificent One, whom Jesus Christ called Father" (164).

". . . the universal that contains and transforms, includes and fashions, every particular" (164).

" . . . [the] overflowing creativity, . . . the infinite artistry, that rejoices in its creations, that rejects -- because it is all grace -- the censorships of human laws, not because it falls below the common human standard, but because it rises far above itl" (166).

". . . [the] omnificent intention that is wholly affirmative of what it brings into being . . . [the] action, which hates nothing that it has made but wills it to be and to be whole" (166).

". . . the infinite intention, behind or inclusive of all the finite intentions. . . . the will beyond all finite wills . . ."(166).

". . . omnificence, . . . the all-doer . . ." (170).

". . . the universal intention, the meaning of the One beyond the many . . ."(170).

·. . . the universal action beyond all particular action" (172).

". . . the determining power, the One who acts in all the many . . ." (173).

". . . the decisive action by which we are, and all things are, by which we are destroyed and all things are destroyed . . ." (175).

". . . [the] oneness behind and in and through all the many-ness in which we live and which we know" (175).

" . . . [the] One beyond all the many, [the] power present in all powers, the reason present in all reasons, [the] idea inclusive of all ideas, [the] nature behind and through all natures, [the] environment environing all our environments . . ." (175).

". . . the universal source of the universal reality . . . the transcendent, the all-enveloping. . . . the mysterious shadow of the Power we do not know, but somehow believe . . ." ("The Triad of Faith":12)