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Article: Creatio Continua
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Creatio Continua
The term c
reatio continua
refers to God's continuing creative activity throughout the history of the universe. In a sense, most theologians accept
creatio continua,
since creation is the dependence of the whole of space-time on God. But more traditional views hold that because God is timeless and immutable, there is only one divine creative act, ...
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