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The Doctrine of Creation: Essays in Dogmatics, History and Philosophy is unavailable, but you can change that!

This study, by leading scholars from around the world, engages with central hermeneutical, philosophical and theological dimensions of the doctrine of creation. Particular prominence is given to discussion of creation “out of nothing,” the relation of eternal creator to temporal creation, the Trinitarian construction of the doctrine and its ethical implications. Opens up new dimensions to an...

1. The doctrine of the Trinity helps to secure the distinction between creation and the Creator by contrasting the relationship of God to the world with the inner-trinitarian relations. According to the Christian understanding of creation, the world is the result of God’s free and sovereign action.10 It is therefore neither necessary nor eternal. Classically appeal to the Trinity is made in order to secure this distinction between the Creator and creation. If the world were eternal it would be the
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