MEDIATE EXTERNAL ACTS § 54. The mediate external acts of God are concurrent acts of the three Persons in the Trinity terminating in extra-divine objects and performed with the employment of intermediate or instrumental causes. Of this class are the …
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55 – COSMOLOGY Definition
COSMOLOGY DEFINITION § 55. Cosmology is the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures concerning the genesis, nature, and estates of created things, and may be divided into Cosmology in a restricted sense, Pneumatology, or Angelology, and Anthropology.
56 – Cosmos
COSMOS § 56. Cosmos, or the world, in a narrower sense of the term, is the aggregate of inanimate and irrational things which God made in the beginning of time1 to provide for rational beings an abode where,2 the conditions …
57 – Creation of the Cosmos
CREATION OF THE COSMOS § 57. The creation of the inanimate and irrational world was begun and completed by the Triune God1 within six consecutive days2 by the exertion and for the manifestation and glory of His power,3 wisdom,4 and …
58 – Preservation
PRESERVATION § 58. The continuous preservation of the inanimate and irrational world is, as its first creation was, a work of the Triune God, who by immediate1 and mediate2 action preserves and continues what He created in the beginning. 1. …
PNEUMATOLOGY OR ANGELOLOGY – 59 – Creation of Angels
CREATION OF ANGELS § 59. Within the six days of creation1 God made a great multitude2 of angels. 1. Within the six days of creation Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; …
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60 – Nature of Angels
NATURE OF ANGELS § 60. Angels are finite spirits,1 without bodies, and complete in their spiritual nature,2 personal,3 rational,4 and moral5 beings of great but limited6 wisdom7 and power,8 and of various ranks and orders.9 1. Angels are finite spirits, …
61 – Fixed Number of Angels
FIXED NUMBER OF ANGELS § 61. Angels, being sexless,1 do not propagate their kind, and being also immortal and incorruptible,2 their number is neither increased nor diminished. 1. Angels, being sexless, Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, …
62 – Good Angels
GOOD ANGELS § 62. All angels were created perfectly good and holy,1 but a part only of their number remained in their original estate.2 1. All angels were created perfectly good and holy, Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing …
63 – Confirmed State of Good Angels
CONFIRMED STATE OF GOOD ANGELS § 63. Those angels who persevered in their primeval state, were in accordance with divine election,1 confirmed2 in holiness3 and in the enjoyment of everlasting bliss and communion with God4 in a state of glory.5 …