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- God’s providence is the working of his power to uphold, guide, and care for his creation. Some theologians have described this as a continual creation, as opposed to notions that God created the world and then stepped back from it. The providence of God leaves no room for chance or competition between God and another power.
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Divine Providence Continues to Care for Creation. John Paul II. 1986, May 7. General Audience. Today we continue the catechesis on divine Providence. By creating, God called into being from nothing all that began to exist outside himself. But God's creative act does not end here.
I argue for what I call a cre-atio continua ex electione—a continuous creation out of divine election. In the end, I hope to show that this position addresses these three problems while still upholding the necessary insights of the traditional doctrine of “creation out of nothing.” 1. THE PROBLEM OF CREATION AND REDEMPTION: CATHERINE KELLER.
Some theologians, such as the prominent theologian William Ames (1576–1633), have referred to divine providence as involving a creatio continua. Those who have articulated the doctrine have done so in the face of various objections from pagan and sub-theistic notions of God’s care.
Jun 30, 2015 · There seems to be a renewal of theological emphasis today on the historical view of creatio continua (continual creation), referred to by some theologians as the doctrine of providence. Providence is the triune God's activity in preserving creatures and bringing about their fruitfulness and ongoing diversity.
Nov 9, 2017 · A large part of what is at stake in the debate is the relationship between divine action and creaturely action. Continuous creation theorists may reject a distinction between creation and conservation as an attempt to attribute a divine prerogative to created things.
- Jonathan Kvanvig, David Vander Laan
- 2007
Jan 4, 2022 · However, because they occur within already existing matter, they should not be conceived as an aspect of divine creation but rather as an important part of divine providential governance and guidance of the created universe toward its end. KEYWORDS: Creation and evolution. divine governance.
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It is God who is the subject of creatio continua; in Christianity it is a triune God. Fundamentally divine nature, Divine Persons: God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit, who in...
