Origins and Meanings: Key Words
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- Origins and Meanings: Key Words
- creation ex nihilo
- creation out of nothing
- before God created the universe, nothing existed
- only God can create out of nothing
- St Augustine said this
- evolution
- the process of mutation and natural selection which leads to changes in species over time to suit particular environments
- put forward by Charles Darwin after studying finches of the Galapagos Islands
- imago dei
- in the image of God
- the belief that human beings are uniquely a reflection of God's personhood
- unlike other animals, humans are free, rational and moral
- inspiration
- 'God breathed'
- the belief that the Spirit of God guides an individual to act or write what is good and true
- omnipotence
- the belief that God is all-powerful
- revelation
- the word used to describe all of the ways in which God makes himself known to human beings
- Christians believe that God does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus Christ
- stewardship
- the duty to care for creation responsibly
- as stewards, rather than consumers
- to protect it for future generations
- transcendence
- existing outside of space and time
- God exists in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists
- above and beyond creation
- creation ex nihilo
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