The Doctrine of Creation

Theology concerns itself with God and all things in relation to God.

Questions
- What is creation?
- How is creation?
- Why is creation?
- Who creates?
An article of faith, not an empirical observation

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth…

‘…the doctrine of creation no less than the remaining content of Christian confession is an article of faith, i.e., the rendering of a knowledge which no man has procured for himself or ever will; which is neither native to him nor accessible by way of observation and logical thinking; for which he has no organ and no ability; which he can in fact achieve only in faith; but which is actually consummated in faith, i.e., in the reception of and response to the divine witness…’ --(Karl Barth, CD III/1, 3-4)

Sources

ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

Is God in Charge? Creation and Providence

If Christians know anything about the Old Testament, they know the first few lines in which God is said to have cteated heaven and earth, Following the carly ecumenical creeds in which Gods creation of the world is cited first among the acts of salvation history, Christians often express such a belief in the routine course of worship—for example, in the thanksgiving portions of eucharistic services or when renewing baptismal vows.