Bible Encyclopedia: Creation: The Formation of Things Which had No Previous Existence

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The Power of God Fully Competent to Effect the Resurrection of the ...
... it an origin and a maker, and ascribe its creation to our ... into nothing; or if He
moulded other things out of ... of the flesh is easier than its first formation. ...
/.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xi the power of god.htm

The Truth is to be Found Nowhere Else but in the Catholic Church ...
... Heresies are of recent formation, and cannot trace their ... heaven and earth, and all
things therein, by ... His surpassing love towards His creation, condescended to ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/irenaeus/against heresies/chapter iv the truth is to.htm

Then, Having Shown that Eunomius' Calumny against the Great Basil ...
... to corruption, or of non-existence before formation: but as ... which was lacking is
added by creation to existing ... reason of a deficiency in the nature of things. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 4 then having shown.htm

He Further Shows that the Pretemporal Generation of the Son is not ...
... the birth of corporeal beings, or the formation of things ... He gave them as the memorial
of the creation, not the ... If these things are far removed from the point ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 3 he further shows.htm

God Alone Creates those Things which are Changed by Magic Art.
... evil in pretence; [386] so in the creation of visible ... the wisdom of God, by which
all things are created ... inwardly within itself the rule of formation, which it ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 8 god alone creates those.htm

Some Considerations in Reply Eulogistic of the Flesh it was ...
... harshest, accord to our God the entire formation of man ... In the first place, because
all things were made by ... he might not be compared with the rest of creation. ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter v some considerations in reply.htm

Book xii. At Length, with the Holy Ghost Speeding Our Way...
... since the birth precedes causation, but the creation takes place ... was created, on
account of the formation of the ... by the side of Him Who was forming all things. ...
/.../the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/book xii at length with.htm

Excerpts of Theodotus;
... then God is the sole author of our creation. ... is thus assumed into conjunction in
the process of formation. ... not the cause of the production of things, but are ...
/.../theodotus/excerpts of theodotus/excerpts of theodotus.htm

Explanation of the Words of Christ, "No Man Knoweth the Father ...
... of the world; and by means of the formation [of man ... from the Spirit, from angels,
from the creation itself, from ... in all things, and through all things, there is ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter vi explanation of the words.htm

The Third Theological Oration.
... before you discover the laws of composition, formation, manifestation, and ... why, but
because humanity does not consist in direct creation? ... Why, of all things. ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxix the third theological.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Romans 4:17
(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who vivifies the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Creation

Creation by Faith we Believe, to be God's Work

Creation Groans

Creation: A Subject of Joy to Angels

Creation: Approved of by God

Creation: Beginning of

Creation: Daily Renewal of Saints

Creation: Effected by Christ

Creation: Effected by God

Creation: Effected by the Command of God

Creation: Effected by the Holy Spirit