Creatio Ex Nihilo: The Doctrine of 'Creation Out of Nothing' in Early Christian ThoughtA unique study challenging the assumption that the doctrine of 'creation out of nothing' was inherited by Christianity along with the Jewish scriptures which the Church adopted. |
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Aeons apol archon Athenagoras Autol Autolycus Basilideans Basilides biblical Campenhausen Christ Christentum christlichen Bibel church Clement of Alexandria concept controversy cosmology cosmos created the world creatio ex nihilo creation story creator demiurge dial divine doctrine of creatio Dörrie Early Christian Elze emanation Entstehung der christlichen eternal Eusebius exemplum exposition Genesis Geschichte Gnosis gnostic God's Gospel Greek haer Harnack hellenistic Heracleon heresy heretics Herm Hermogenes Hippolytus hylic idea of creatio interpretation Irenaeus Jesus Jewish Justin Kirche Kretschmar Logos Marcion Marcionites material matter Middle Platonism Middle Platonist myth Nag Hammadi non-being Old Testament origin Paris passage Philo philosophical pleroma pneumatic polemic pre-existent principle problem psychic Ptolemaeus question Quispel resurrection salvation second century sonship Sophia statements Stoic strom Tatian teaching Tertullian theologians theology Theophilus of Antioch thesis thought Timaeus tradition unoriginate Valentinian Valentinus Waszink world-formation world-seed δὲ καὶ οὐκ τὴν τὸ τοῦ