Nature of God

Anglican theology affirms the classical Christian doctrine of God as one infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly holy being, as expressed in the Thirty-Nine Articles (Article I) and the received creeds. God is the creator of all things visible and invisible, utterly transcendent and yet personally engaged in creation through providence and redemption.

Anglican theological method draws on Scripture, tradition, and reason — a framework associated with Richard Hooker and often called the 'three-legged stool.' This means natural theology (knowledge of God through reason and creation) is given a more prominent role in Anglican reflection than in strictly confessional Protestant traditions, while Scripture remains primary. The via media character of Anglicanism means that Anglican statements about God tend to be articulated in the broad classical Christian framework rather than through one particular scholastic system.