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Besides Augustine and Origen, did any church fathers reject a literal interpretation of Genesis 1-2:4?
Augustine allegorically interpreted the first creation account in Genesis 1 - 2:4 but seems to have literally interpreted the second creation account in Genesis 2:5-3:24. Origen allegorically ...
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What does the term ' a wind from God' as used at Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) imply?
Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) reads :
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
The same verse in New King James ...
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Why does Genesis not specifically mention the creation of water?
We read of the first day of Creation in Gen 1:1-4:
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a ...
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The water and light in Genesis 1:1-3
The Nicene Creed says that Jesus was "begotten before the ages" (begotten not made).
Col 1:15 calls Jesus the ""Firstborn of all creation,"
Proverbs 8:22 says that, referring to wisdom, it was ...
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