In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived as being omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and as having an eternal and necessary existence. These attributes are used either in way of analogy or are taken literally. God is most often held to be incorporeal.
This is a DBQ, so I don't know how effective my answer would be without looking at the selection of documents that Mr. Stephenson gave us to write this on.
However, I will say that women had some doo doo rank back then.