krē̇-ā ́shun (בּרא, bārā' “to create”; κτίσις, ktísis, “that which is created,” “creature”):
Much negative ground has been cleared away for any modern discussion of the doctrine of creation. No idea of creation can now be taken as complete which does not include, besides the world as at first constituted, all that to this day is in and of creation. For God creates not being that can exist independently of Him, His preserving agency being inseparably connected with His creative power. We have long ceased to think of God’s creation as a machine left, completely made, to its own automatic working. With such a doctrine of creation, a theistic evolution would be quite incompatible.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Creation, beginning, create, creator, creature, evolution, Creation Ex Nihilo
Bible reference(s): Gen 1, Mark 10:6, Mark 13:19, Romans 1:20, Romans 8:22, 2 Peter 3:4, Revelation 3:14, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 49:16, 2 Esdras 6:38
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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