Doctrine of Creation

Question 1

Creation Ex Nihilo

Answer 1

Creation is when God brought nonbeing into being. He is distinct from His creation, but is still immanent within it.

Question 2

Transcendence

Answer 2

God’s “otherness,” outside of the cosmos.

Question 3

Immanence

Answer 3

God’s closeness, nearness.

Question 4

God’s relation to creation

Answer 4

Orthodox view, materialism, pantheism, dualism, deism

Question 5

Orthodox View

Answer 5

Creation Ex Nihilo.

Question 6

Materialism

Answer 6

All that exists is material/creation.

Question 7

Pantheism

Answer 7

God is within creation (often worship of nature).

Question 8

Dualism

Answer 8

God and creation are against each others.

Question 9

Deism

Answer 9

Idea that God set the world in motion, but after He created the world, He is hands off.

Question 10

Old vs. Young Earth Creation

Answer 10

Gap, Flood, Ideal-Time, Age-Day, Pictorial-Day/Literal-Framework

Question 11

Gap Theory

Answer 11

Gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.

Question 12

Flood Theory

Answer 12

The earth is only a few thousand years old, but it appears old because of the flood.

Question 13

Ideal-Time Theory

Answer 13

God created a world that looks old.

Question 14

Age-Day Theory

Answer 14

Says that ‘age’ is the proper translation of ‘Yom’

Question 15

Pictorial-Day/Literal-Framework Theory

Answer 15

Insists that literary genres determine the meaning of the text. Doesn’t think about Genesis 1 scientifically.

Question 16

Yom

Answer 16

Era/Age or Literal Day