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creation
has definitions from the field of theology
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[ noun ] the human act of creating
Synonyms Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)He says : `` Beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress , as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism , should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United_States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy '' . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)When the power of the latter was made both limited and explicit - when norms were clarified and made more precise and the creation of new norms was placed exclusively in parliamentary hands - two purposes were served : Government was made subservient to an institutionalized popular will , and law became a rational system for implementing that will , for serving conscious goals , for embodying the `` public policy '' . (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)ZING was the creation of two men , Louis_Thor and Bill_Blake , partners in ZING ! |
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[ noun ] an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives , however , from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is completely independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Other interpretations present the music as an essentially intimate creation . |
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[ noun ] the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Examples "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult" "the foundation of a new scientific society" "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)It has thus been a significant factor in the conservation of social values , though also in some measure , an obstacle to the creation or diffusion of new ones . |
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[ noun ] the event that occurred at the beginning of something
Synonyms Examples "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)Therefore Irenaeus describes man 's creation as_follows : One night , so some of these theories run , Adam would have fallen_asleep , much_as he fell_asleep for the creation of Eve ; and thus he would have been carried_over into the life_eternal . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)Such an interpretation of death radically alters the Christian view of creation ; for it teaches salvation from , not salvation in , time and history . |
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[ noun ] everything that exists anywhere
Examples "they study the evolution of the universe" "the biggest tree in existence" |
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