Philosophy of Religion · Position on the existence of God

Classical Theism

An omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good personal God created the world and sustains it still.

What it claims

Classical theism holds that a single, personal God exists. This God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good. God is not a part of the world but the necessary being who created it from nothing (creatio ex nihilo) and holds it in existence at every moment.

Nearby positions

Key thinkers

Anselm of Canterbury · Thomas Aquinas · Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · Richard Swinburne · Eleonore Stump