What is the relationship between the first questions of the Heidelberg and Westminster Shorter Catechisms? What’s in a question?.
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The WSC misses a KEY thought on God, sadly.
Q. 4. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
STRANGELY MISSING IS THE APOSTOLIC WITNESS (DUH) THAT GOD IS . . . LOVE.
See 1st John 4:8 & 16!
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I suppose it could be argued that “goodness” encompasses “love,” particularly since holiness is already mentioned.
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@hughmc5 – Patrick is right. Love was understood as a subset of God’s goodness (so also, grace and mercy).
On this, Richard Muller writes, “… inasmuch as [God’s goodness] is the primary characteristic of all human relationships with the finite order, it also serves as the primary affection of the divine will. It is in this latter placement, in relation to love, grace, and mercy, that it is most typically found in Reformed theology…” [PRRD, 503, cf. 561ff.]
@Patrick: Thanks for the link!
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