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Name of God

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith › Name of God

The question

What does God’s words "I am who I am" to Moses mean?

The answer

The Septuagint translates this verse as 'I am the existing One'. The name intended to point out the eternity and self-existence of God. It expresses the absolute, uncaused, independent, unchanging and eternal Being.

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