- the "Essence" of God is "unknowable".
- The "Reality of Divinity ... is invisible, incomprehensible, inaccessible, a pure essence which cannot be described ..."
- God is "exalted beyond every human attribute, such as corporeal existence..."
- "God is never flesh". The Godhead has no physical form and does not in any way resemble a human being, male or female.
- The "attributes" of the Manifestations of God are the means by which the "Divine characteristics and perfections" of God are made known to humanity. (From a Memorandum of the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, dated February 23, 1992)
