#we are not permitted to know the names of angels who strike immediate uncomprehending terror into our hearts but. Our God. | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

dandelion-de-deus · 8 months

Text

God transcends all creatures. We must therefore continually purify our language of everything in it that is limited, image-bound or imperfect, if we are not to confuse our image of God — “the inexpressible, the incomprehensible, the invisible, the ungraspable” — with our human definitions. Our human words always fall short of the glory of God.

—CCC 42

#I have been having. feelings #about the irrevocable mystery of Our God and how incomprehensibly large he truly is to us #we are not permitted to know the names of angels who strike immediate uncomprehending terror into our hearts but. Our God.#Who is older and more vast and ancient and terrifying than anything within our comprehension. older than mountains older than stars older #gives His name to US. as a little treat #and sometimes it makes us think we have a basic understanding of Him because He makes Himself knowable #but knowable is not comprehensible #and there’s a limit to how far our minds will ever stretch #catechism of the catholic church #light reading

1 note · View note