The word transcendence means literally "to climb across." It is defined as"exceeding usual limits." To transcend is to rise above something, to go above and beyond a certain limit. When we speak of a transcendence of God we are talking about that sense in which God is above and beyond us. It tries to get at His supreme and absolute greatness. The word is used to describe God's relationship to the world. He is higher that the world. He has absolute power over the world. The world has no power over Him. Transcendence describes God in His consuming majesty, His exalted loftiness. It points to the infinite distance that separates Him from every creature. He is an infinite cut above everything else.
RC Sproul, The Holiness of God, p.55
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