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Creation Out of Nothing
God made the world not from anything, but from nothing at all
This doctrine holds that God created the universe not by shaping pre-existing matter but out of nothing, by his own free will. Articulated by writers such as Theophilus of Antioch and Irenaeus in his Against Heresies, it was set against Gnostic and Platonic notions of eternally existing matter. It affirms that everything depends entirely on God, who alone is uncreated and the free source of all that exists.
How it traveled
- Against Heresies: Book IILyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book ILyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book IVLyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book VLyons · 202explains
- Against Hermogenes.— · 220explains
- Of the Manichæans.— · 220explains
- Against the Valentinians.— · 220explains
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh.— · 220explains
- The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and EusebiusCaesarea · 339explains
- The Incarnation of the WordAlexandria · 373explains
- Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)Alexandria · 373explains
- Against the Heathen. (Contra Gentes.)Alexandria · 373explains
- The HexæmeronCaesarea (Cappadocia) · 379explains
- The Catechetical Lectures of S. CyrilJerusalem · 386explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- On the Making of ManNyssa · 395explains
- Against EunomiusNyssa · 395explains
- The Homilies on the Statues to the People of AntiochConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The ConfessionsHippo Regius · 430explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the ManichæansHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on the Soul and its OriginHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- Against the Epistle of Manichæus, Called FundamentalHippo Regius · 430explains
- Reply to Faustus the ManichæanHippo Regius · 430explains
- On Marriage and ConcupiscenceHippo Regius · 430explains
- On the Morals of the ManichæansHippo Regius · 430explains
- On the Holy TrinityHippo Regius · 430explains
- Letters of St. AugustinHippo Regius · 430explains
- MonologiumCanterbury · 1109explains
- Treatise on The One God (QQ[2-26])Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on the Work of the Six Days (qq[65]-74)Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on the Conservation and Government of Creatures (qq[103]-119)Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on Man (qq[75]-102)Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on The Creation (QQ[44-46])Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on the Angels (qq[50]-64)Paris · 1274explains
- Book First. of the Knowledge of God the CreatorGeneva · 1564explains
- Dissertation on the End for Which God Created the WorldNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
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Modern and living teachers whose books take up Creation Out of Nothing. These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.
- Karl BarthDogmatics in Outline(1947)View on Amazon→