A work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. Where a work has been prepared over a period of time, the part of the work existing in fixed form on a particular date constitutes the created work on that date.
The belief that a transcendant deity created the universe, earth and life.
the doctrine that the things which exist form a coherent universe which exists because of Divine choice and initiative. Genesis 1-3 contains two stories or "creation myths" depicting how the universe came to be and how God is related to that created world, especially human beings.
an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
The act of creating; especially, in a theological sense, the original act of God in bringing the world or universe into existence
The establishment of a wetland or other aquatic resource where one did not formerly exist.
the act of causing to exist what has not previously existed.
(Gr. ktisis) Everything made by God. The term creation is applied to the cosmos in general and to mankind in particular. Our regeneration in Christ and the resurrection of the dead are both often called the "new creation." Creation has no existence apart from God, but is nevertheless distinct from God. (That which is not created, such as divine grace, the divine energies, belongs to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.)
The establishment of a wetland where one did not formerly exist. Creation generally takes place in upland environments.
God's Energy in Light and Sound vibrating at a frequency where the perceiver sees the energy as tangible with taste, touch, feel, audible sound, sight or knowing. Mother Earth and all her inhabitants are examples of Creation.
The self-perpetuating dynamic aspect of the loop, it has no start in time and it did not end when there was something. Its self-perpetuating aspect is the uncertainty of sameness. The process of definition.
The world we see is a result of supernatural activity.
the extension of God's being or spirit, the Cause, that resulted in His Son, the Effect; described as the First Coming of Christ; it is the Son's function in Heaven to create, as it was God's in creating Him.(Note -- exists only at the level of knowledge, and is not equivalent to creation or creativity as the terms are used in the world of perception.) see: creations
What has been brought into being; the Hebrew Bible attributes the creation of the world to Israel's God; the classic descriptions of creation are found in Genesis 1 and , but there are many other allusions to creation found in Israel's Psalms and in prophetic literature. See Chapter 1.
Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions and philosophical belief systems which maintains that a single God, or a group of gods or deities is responsible for creating the universe. The theological implications of creation may take a variety of forms, the most innocuous being that of a religious identity or creed. There are religious believers who extend this to a strident advocacy of creationism, but the doctrinal belief is not necessarily synonymous with such advocacy.
The creation of the world of Krynn, fictional world of Dragonlance as created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
In the cosmology of the high fantasy role-playing game Exalted, Creation is a flat world, thousands of miles across, surrounded by the unformed chaos of the Wyld. According to myth, Creation was solidified out of the Wyld by the mysterious Primordials.
Creation is an epic historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal which was published in 1981.