By Louis Berkhof
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For the rest, however the New Testament follows the Septuagint, which substituted 'Adonai for it, and rendered this by Kurios, derived from kuros, power. This name does not have exactly the same connotation as Yahweh, but designates God as the Mighty One, the Lord, the Possessor, the Ruler who has legal power and authority. It is used not only of God, but alsfo of Christ. 3. PATER. It is often said that the New Testament introduced a new name of God, namely, Pater (Father). But this is hardly correct.
I, pp. 335-374; Shedd, Dogm. Theol. I, pp. 152-194; Thorn-well, Collected Works, I, pp. 104-172; Dorner, Syst. of Chr. Doct. I, pp. 187-212; Orr, Chr. View of God and the World, pp. 75-93; Otten, Manual of the Hist, of Dogmas I, pp. 254-260; Clarke, The Chr. Doct. of God, pp. 56-70; Steenstra, The Being of God as Unity and Trinity, pp. 1-88; Thomson, The Christian Idea of God, pp. 117-159; Hendry, God the Creator (from the Barthian standpoint) ; Warfield, Calvin and Calvinism, pp. 131-185 (Calvin's Doctrine of God).
The attributes are real determinations of the Divine Being or, in other words, qualities that inhere in the Being of God. "1 In a sense they are identical, so that it can be said that God's perfections are God Himself as He has revealed Himself to us. "2 And because of the close relation in which the two stand to each other, it can be said that knowledge of the attri-1. Dogm. Theol. I, p. 334. 2. Ibid. p. 334. ] Systematic Theology << Top >> 46 TH E DOCTRINE OF GOD butes carries with it knowledge of the Divine Essence.