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Doctrine of Creation

2009
Abstract As with other classic themes in early Christian thought, the doctrine of creation was a complex construction. It drew broadly and deeply from the language and imagery of the Bible. Its ultimate contours and coherence were shaped primarily in relation to other major aspects of the Catholic Christian faith: the Trinity, the nature
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Origen’s Doctrine of Creation

The Expository Times, 2007
Origen’s concept of the Logos can bridge the gulf between creation and redemption. Through the Logos, this world, formed instantaneously and characterized by the variability of matter, is linked with the eternal Wisdom. Origen sees creation as the imposing of order on chaos, with humanity a microcosm reflecting the macrocosm.
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Chance And The Doctrine Of Creation

2004
Abstract I have tried to give a fair account of one aspect-the interplay of chance and law in the life-game-of our present scientific perspective on the world and to draw out its general implications, so far without much reference to a theism which conceives of a Creator God. I have, negatively, tried to show that the deduction (of Monod
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Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation

1994
The topic of this book is 'creation'. It breaks down into discussions of two distinct, but interrelated, questions: what does the universe look like, and what is its origin? The opinions about creation considered by Norbert Samuelson come from the Hebrew scriptures, Greek philosophy, Jewish philosophy and contemporary physics. His perspective is Jewish,
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Maimonides' Doctrine of Creation

Harvard Theological Review, 1991
Maimonides'Guide of the Perplexedis among the most influential works ever written in religious philosophy. It occupies a unique place in Jewish religious thought. While the majority of subsequent Jewish thinkers have criticized what they understood of Maimonides' text, they have often felt obligated to struggle with his contentions.
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The Scripture Doctrine of Creation

2009
Thomas Rawson Birks was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and a senior professor of philosophy. This book was first published in 1872, the year of his appointment to the prestigious Knightbridge Professorship. As an active Anglican clergyman, Birks engaged energetically in many heated theological controversies.
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‘Ecological Values’ And The Doctrine Of Creation

2004
Abstract What is the relation of the foregoing to the generation of the best ‘ecological values’, meaning by this term the principles on which to base the making of wise personal and social decisions, with respect to those of our actions that impinge on the environment?
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Martin Luther’s Doctrine of Creation

2017
Abstract Martin Luther’s doctrine of creation can be identified as the center of his theology. The justification for this judgement is threefold. First, the centrality of creation to Luther’s theology is rooted in Luther’s expansive interpretation of the act of creation.
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Creation and conservation, religious doctrine of

2018
The doctrine of the creation of the universe by God is common to the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; reflection on creation has been most extensively developed within the Christian tradition. Creation is by a single supreme God, not a group of deities, and is an ‘absolute’ creation (creation ex nihilo, ‘out of nothing ...
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Descartes's creation doctrine and modality

2012
My dissertation is an exploration of Descartes's "creation doctrine". I seek to provide an explanation of what the doctrine means and how it fits within his philosophical system. The creation doctrine states that eternal truths, such as the truths of metaphysics, mathematics, and logic, are freely created by, and depend entirely upon, God.
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