of space and time; namely, immensity and eternity. God’s immensity
relates to space and his eternity relates to time. Infinity includes both
immensity and eternity.
Infinity transcends what is finite. A concept of infinity is therefore
beyond the finite mind. To give at least some sense of it, I will discuss it
in the following sequence:
1. God is infinite because he is intrinsic reality and manifestation, and
all things in the universe have reality and manifestation from him.
2. God is infinite because he existed before the world—before space
and time came into being.
3. Ever since he made the world, God has existed in space independ-
ently of space, and in time independently of time.
4. Infinity in relation to space is called immensity; in relation to time it
is called eternity. Yet although these are related, there is nonetheless
no space in God’s immensity, and no time in his eternity.
5. From many things in the world, enlightened reason can see the
infinity of God the Creator.
6. Every created thing is finite. The Infinite is in finite objects the way
something is present in a vessel that receives it; the Infinite is in peo-
ple the way something is present in an image of itself.
I need to explain these statements separately.28 1. God is infinite because he is intrinsic reality and manifestation, and
all things in the universe have reality and manifestation from him.So far I
have shown that God is one, that he is the Absolute, that he is the pri-
mary reality that underlies all things, and that all that exists, takes shape,
and endures in the universe is from him. It follows then that he is infinite.
Just below [§ 32 ] I will show that many phenomena in the created
universe enable human reason to see the infinity of God. Yet although
the human mind can use those phenomena to support an acknowledg-
ment that the first entity or primary being is infinite, still it cannot come
to know what the Infinite is like. The only way it can define the Infinite
is to say that it is utterly without limits and self-sufficient, and is there-
fore the absolute and only substance. Because substance has no attributes
without form, it is also the absolute and only form. What substance and
form are in their full infinity, however, is not apparent. The human mind
itself, even the most highly analytical and elevated mind, is finite; it can-
not be rid of its own limitations. It will never have the capacity to see the
infinity of God as it truly is, or God as he truly is. It can see God in a