Immutability (theology)

Immutability (theology)

Immutability is the doctrine of classical Christian theism that God cannot change; this has been variously interpreted to mean either that God's "nature" cannot change but that God can, or that God himself cannot change at all.

The term is important in Christology, in the sense that most Christian denominations teach that the Son of God did not undergo any change in his divine nature at the Incarnation.

See also

* God
* Christian theology


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