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creationism
(redirected from Doctrine of Creation)

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cre·a·tion·ism  (kr-sh-nzm)
n.
Belief in the literal interpretation of the account of the creation of the universe and of all living things related in the Bible.

cre·ation·ist adj. & n.

creationism [kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the belief that God brings individual human souls into existence at conception or birth Compare traducianism
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the doctrine that ascribes the origins of all things to God's acts of creation rather than to evolution
creationist  n
creationistic  adj

creationism Theology.
a doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being bon. Cf. metempsychosis. — creationist, n. — creationistic, adj.
See also: Soul
the belief concerning the creation by a transcendant God of the universe, matter, and living organisms out of nothing. — creationist, n.
See also: Cosmology
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.creationism - the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesiscreationism - the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
creation science - an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis
Translations
creationism [kriːˈeɪʃənɪzəm] Ncreacionismo m
creationism [kriˈeɪʃənɪzəm] ncréationnisme m
creationism
nKreationismus m


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12) While this seems superficially to be consistent with the pro me emphasis which Luther gives to the doctrine of creation in the Small Catechism, it is quite inadequate.
The deeper source of Alison's thought is Aquinas and his doctrine of creation, which Alison learned from his Dominican teachers Herbert McCabe and Fergus Kerr.
Schneider explains: From the early years of the Christian church until the beginning of the seventeenth century, the most respected theologians who thought about and wrote on the nature of biblical inspiration and authority and also about the doctrine of creation held a common position about the relationship between the Bible and science.
 
 
 
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