creation ex nihilo

creation ex nihilo
   This Latin phrase, meaning creation "out of nothing," emphasizes that God brought all things into beingby divine design without using any previously existing material; creation ex nihilo, however, does not preclude the possibility that divine creation is a continuing process.

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