the universe as a whole ( ex nihilo ) and every event in time ( creatio continua ). The quantum nonseparability of the universe is suggestive of the New Testament’s view of the unity of creation. In the process Chiao discusses such ideas as

of divine action, such as creatio ex nihilo . The analog of human agency is of some limited help here. However, the principal barrier is that we could only know the critical nexus if we ourselves were divine, or if God revealed such knowledge

looking back to alpha , to creatio ex nihilo , and looking forward to omega , the new creation ex vetere, out of what has come before . The new creation will emerge from what God’s Spirit does to the present creation. We believe the

position on the basis of creatio ex nihilo , creation out of nothing. All that exists has been called from nothing by the voice of God and brought into existence, and at any moment could in principle return to the nonexistence from which it

the core of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo is the principle of ontological dependence - that all matter, all energy, and the laws that govern the universe all depend for their existence on a God whose existence is not dependent on anything.

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