Chapter

 1 5 |         than one Person. At the creation of man we read, "And God
 2 7 |      Beginning, that is, before Creation, before Time. He always
 3 7 |         Mercy for mankind, Your Creation. Do not forsake us who believe
 4 8 |          They said that He is a creation, and therefore no different
 5 10|                             The Creation Of The World ~Our Orthodox
 6 10|    created on the fourth day of creation? We must therefore regard
 7 10|         God call the periods of creation days? We do not know. Why
 8 10|       know. Why did He make the Creation in six days? We do not know.
 9 10|        He preferred this way of creation. It is His privilege. We
10 10|        referring to the days of creation -- but when did those days
11 10|       Did time exist before the creation of the world? We have said
12 10|       created together with the creation of the world. The beginning
13 10|       not selfish. He wants His creation to have and to enjoy whatever
14 10|       say that the cause of the creation of the world is God's Love.
15 10|    Perfect Love. The purpose of creation is participation in the
16 10|    bliss of God. Naturally, the creation of the world bears witness
17 10|     that this is the purpose of creation; that is to say, the praising
18 11|                             The Creation Of The Spiritual World ~
19 11|          but God is not part of creation. Here we shall write about
20 11|         man when we discuss the creation of man.~Angels are beings --
21 11|         were created before the creation of the material world, but
22 12|                             The Creation of Man ~According to the
23 12| According to the description of creation in the Old Testament, in
24 12|    Genesis, man was God's final creation. That does not mean that
25 12|         we say that God's final creation was man, we are referring
26 12|         we are referring to the Creation that took place in six days.~
27 12|     days.~Why was man the final creation of God? Simply because man
28 12|   matters having to do with the creation of man in the next section.~
29 12|      You and thank You for Your creation and for sustaining and governing
30 13|   parents', so is the soul. The creation of the infant is an act
31 13|       and the parents. And this creation, which takes place with
32 13|         and parents, is for the creation of soul and body together.
33 16|       not be overwhelmed by His creation, finite man. He condescended
34 16|        honour. You came to Your creation and Your creation did not
35 16|       to Your creation and Your creation did not know You and accept
36 20|      form to and to perfect the creation.~"May the grace of our Lord
37 25|         the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is
38 26|         the destruction of Your creation, Who gave to strayed Adam