Originally posted by Sparko
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Pantheism says that everything is god; god and the universe are essentially identical.
Panentheism claims that the universe is part of god, but that god is more than just the universe.
Orthodox Christianity denies that the universe is part of God; God and the universe are separate and distinct. (Orthodox Christianity affirms that God is immanent in the universe as well as being transcendent, but this does not mean that the universe is part of God.)
Here is the definition from the IVP Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms:
Note that in "panentheism", the universe is part of God's being. This is not orthodox Christianity!
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