The Maronite Church affirms classical Christian theism: God is one, infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, all-good, and the creator of all things visible and invisible. This is expressed in Maronite liturgical prayer, including the ancient Syriac anaphoras preserved in the Maronite Qudas, which address God in richly poetic and doxological language drawn from the Antiochene tradition.

The Syriac patristic tradition—including the writings of St. Ephrem the Syrian (4th century), who is venerated as a Doctor of the Universal Church—contributes a distinctive contemplative and poetic approach to the nature of God. St. Ephrem's use of paradox and imagery to describe divine mystery complements the more analytical approaches of Latin and Greek theology. The Maronite Church draws on this heritage while also affirming the doctrinal definitions of all the Ecumenical Councils.