ex nihilo

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• In discussions about the origin of the universe, the idea that it came into being ex nihilo is often debated.

• In the first place, Keller makes a basic logical error in her articulation of creation ex nihilo.

  Academic text (2017)

• Does creation ex nihilo only fit with a traditional translation that has been called into question?

  Academic text (2017)

• The Christian Scriptures taught him that God created the universe ex nihilo, not out of any pre-existing matter.

  Academic text (1990)

• How, then, has the doctrine of creation ex nihilo fared in respect of the ambiguities of Genesis 1:2?

  Academic text (2017)

• Creation ex nihilo, as a hermeneutical rule, instructs one to foreclose the possibility that the chaos is primordial with God.

  Academic text (2017)

• The later theological interpretation of creation as creatio ex nihilo is therefore unquestionably an apt paraphrase of what the Bible means by creation.

  Academic text (1990)

• The concept of creation ex nihilo suggests that the universe was made from nothing, without any prior materials.

• Many theologians argue that God's act of creating the world ex nihilo emphasizes His supreme power.

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