"The whole fulness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily": the materiality of Milton's God. From: Christianity and Literature | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Graves, Neil D. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Conference on Christianity and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It is a theological commonplace both in John Milton's day and our own to acknowledge that God is a Spirit. It is apparently self-evident that God is therefore immaterial. However, the recent intense scrutiny concerning the provenance of De Doctrina Christiana, traditionally attributed to Milton, has brought to the attention of critics a number of idiosyncratic theological arguments typical of Milton within the treatise. One of these is the materiality of God. Questions concerning t...