The Patristic Understanding of Creation encapsulates what the Church Fathers had to say, in their own words, on the topic of creation. Going back to Roman and Byzantine times, the writings of the Church Fathers are basic to Christian theology and provide a benchmark for how Christians have traditionally understood creation. This understanding of creation, however, faces tremendous challenges in our day, especially in discussions at the intersection of science and religion. Process theology and other efforts to reconceptualize creation have explicitly opposed key elements of the Christian doctrine of creation: creation ex nihilo, the transcendence and immanence of God in creation, “the absolute creatureliness and non-self-sufficiency of the world" (to use a phrase of Fr. Georges Florovsky), the goodness of creation, and the openness of the world to divine action. All of these the Church Fathers not only held but also ably defended. This anthology is therefore not merely of academic or historical interest. In reasserting a theologically sound understanding of creation, this anthology fills a need that is both practical and urgent.

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Publisher

Erasmus Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781645427018

Edition

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Religion & Science

INDEX

1 Corinthians, 362, 542

1 Peter, 559

6000 years, 418, 481, 483

A. See Alpha

Abraham, 109, 367, 451, 453, 488

abyss, 104–5, 107, 226–8, 240, 290, 308, 311, 377, 410, 434–5, 441, 538

accident, 125, 140, 460, 497, 508, 519, 529, 557

Adam, 53, 88, 90, 99–02, 131, 154, 156, 235–45, 267–8, 274, 276–9, 283, 351, 357, 367, 386, 448–9, 451, 453–4, 526, 530

adversary, 105, 112, 168, 232, 297, 435

Aeon(s), 35–38

ages, 92, 131–2, 163, 269, 275, 302, 316, 320–1, 333, 397, 430, 442, 444, 446, 449, 452, 455–8, 467, 483, 486, 490, 494, 509, 517, 543–5, 565

air, 2–6, 15, 20, 25–6, 122, 124, 149, 159, 163, 169, 192–3, 197, 200–1, 214–5, 237, 252, ...

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Permission Acknowledgements
Contents
Foreword
Justin Martyr
Athenagoras
Irenæus
Clement of Alexandria
Tertullian
Theophilus of Antioch
Origen
Lactantius
Athanasius
Ephrem the Syrian
Methodius of Olympus
Cyril of Jerusalem
Gregory Nazianzen
Basil the Great
Gregory of Nyssa
John Chrysostom
Augustine of Hippo
Maximus
John of Damascus
An Afterword by Georges Florovsky
List of Abbreviations
Bibliographic Information
Specific Locations of Cited Texts
Index