PERSONAL INTERNAL ACTS § 47. The personal internal acts of God are those acts which terminate within the Godhead and pertain to the divine Person or Persons by whom they are performed as peculiar to such Person or Persons. Acts …
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48 – Essential Internal Acts
ESSENTIAL INTERNAL ACTS § 48. The essential internal acts of God are such exertions of essential attributes of God as terminate within the Godhead, but in which the three persons of the Trinity concur. Such acts are the eternal decrees …
49 – Decree of Creation
DECREE OF CREATION § 49. The decree of creation is an essential internal act of God,1 by which He purposed to create in the beginning of time heaven and earth and all creatures,2 for the manifestation of His wisdom, goodness, …
50 – Decree of Redemption
DECREE OF REDEMPTION § 50. The decree of redemption is an eternal act of God,1 whereby He graciously and with divine wisdom purposed to work, in the fulness of time, through the Son made manifest in the flesh, a redemption …
51 – Decree of Predestination
DECREE OF PREDESTINATION § 51. The decree of predestination is an eternal act of God,1 who for His goodness’ sake,2 and because of the merit of the foreordained Redeemer of all mankind,3 purposed to lead into everlasting life,4 by the …
53 – Immediate External Acts
IMMEDIATE EXTERNAL ACTS § 53. The immediate external acts of God are concurrent acts of the three Persons in the Trinity terminating in objects not within the Godhead, and performed without the employment of intermediate or instrumental causes. Acts of …
54 – Mediate External Acts
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 …
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 …