Creatio Ex Nihilo Latin: 'Creation out of nothing' In classical thought, Christianity alone, or more precisely, the Judeo-Christian tradition, knows the notion of absolute creation. Creatio ex nihilo (‘creation out of

Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo Bonting, Sjoerd. Chaos Theology: A Revised Creation Theology . Ottawa: Novalis, 2002. Bonting, Sjoerd Lieuwe. Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion .

Creatio Continua Latin: 'Continuous Creation' This is a concept within the Christian doctrine of creation, specifically within the Eastern Orthodox tradition and some Process Theologies. It refers to speaking of God’s action

fashioned a doctrine of creation using Biblical, philosophical, theological and liturgical tools. Actually the doctrine includes two related strands: creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) and creatio continua (continuing creation).

First of all the doctrine of creation should not be truncated to a single claim, namely that creation had a beginning. Instead creation ex nihilo includes the continuing existence of the universe and the laws of nature, as we have already seen.

universe as a whole; i.e., creatio ex nihilo is closely related to creatio continua . In essence, the action through which God creates the universe entails a dialectic of freedom and constraint. There is a contingent, free element in nature,

relationship between God and creation in terms of both creatio ex nihilo and creatio continua . In Peters’ view, giving the world a future is God’s fundamental way of acting as creator. God creates new things including the new

quite sufficient for creatio ex nihilo . Hence Russell says we can set aside arguments specifically over t=0 and yet retain the historical/empirical sense of the past temporal finitude of creation. Moreover, this insight, which he

one. We certainly affirm creation from nothing, creatio ex nihilo . Yet, we also affirm that the creative power by which God brought being out of nonbeing continues to sustain the world today. We want to add something more. Each moment

in the Christian sense of creatio ex nihilo . Instead it is like a painter mixing pigments on a canvas. It is a non- random process that promotes adaptation, that is, combinations useful to the organisms. By proceeding “stepwise,” it