In the beginning we find the primeval waters called Nun, containing the male and female germs, and informed by the divine proto-soul.

For our present purpose it suffices to keep in mind a summary of the Babylonian traditions. The term Hexameron (Greek: Ἡ Ἑξαήμερος Δημιουργία) refers either to the genre of theological treatise that describes God's work on the six days of creation or to the six days of creation themselves. 22: And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. The work of division separates between light and darkness, between the waters above and the waters below, between the seas and the dry land: the work of adornment covers the earth with vegetation, beautifies the firmament with heavenly bodies, fills the waters with fishes, the air with birds, and the continents with animal life. The Hexaemeron, on the contrary, is the sober recital, in simple yet stately prose, of the impressive teaching concerning the development of the ordered universe from chaos. Besides, the patrons of the folk-lore theory must explain the origin or source of the sublime Hebrew tradition, the existence of which they assume; thus they burden themselves with all the difficulties which are encountered by the critics in their endeavours to explain the natural origin of the creation myths.

In this case, the first chapter of Genesis would not be supernaturally revealed in the strictest sense of the word, but it would be an infallible record of an ancient belief, current among the Hebrews, as to the origin of the world.
Chalmers ("Review of Cavier's Theory of the Earth", Edinburgh, 1814; "Evidence and Authority of the Divine Revelation", Edinburgh, 1814), N. Wiseman ("Twelve Lectures", London, 1849), W. Buckland ("Geology and Mineralogy", London, 1838). Thus, creation happened over six days and in one single event. And it was so done. The legitimate character of this method of proceeding will become clear in the light of the aforesaid decree of 30 June, 1909, issued by the Biblical Commission. — Verse 24: And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. have written against Idealism either as a whole or in its various special forms. But this theory does not fully agree with the Biblical account of the Flood, nor does it satisfy the geologists.

The great characteristic of Iranian thought is its dualism, which gradually tends towards monism.
G. Cuvier ("Discours sur les révolutions du globe", Paris, 1812) divided the ages of geological formation into six periods and separated one from the other by great catastrophes. Their occasional recourse to figure and allegory only shows their conviction that the Hexaemeron contains not only inspired but also strictly revealed truth. 29: And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat: 30: And to all beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. It will be found convenient, in our review of the pertinent exegetical work, to distinguish between literal and allegorical explanations. The geological data belong, therefore, to the period preceding this destruction of the world. In order to avoid any opposition between the Hexaemeron and the data of geology, it has been attempted to place the geological formations after the six days of creation. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 26. Literal explanations do not necessarily exclude the admission of any figurative language in the Hexaemeron.

LXXVI, 644 sqq. Maas, A. 23: And the evening and morning were the fifth day. Contact information.

in P.L., XXXIV, 221) the great African Doctor starts again with a literal explanation of Genesis 1, but is soon perplexed by the questions: Did God consume the whole day in creating the various works? evang., IX, xli; BEROSUS in EUSEBIUS, Chronicon, Armenian version, according to ALEXANDER POLYHISTOR; DAVIS, Genesis and Semitic Tradition (London, 1894); LAGRANGE, Etudes sur les religions sémitiques (2nd ed., Paris, 1905); VIGOUROUX, Manuel biblique (9th ed. June 1, 1910. Derartige Abhandlungen bieten theologische Erklärungen und bieten oftmals Aufschlüsse über zeitgenössische Kosmologie, Naturauffassung und Weltbilder. Die Komponisten haben aber nicht, wie oft falsch berichtet wird, ihre Beiträge im Konzert gespielt. var m_names=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");var d=new Date();var curr_day=d.getDay();var curr_date=d.getDate();var curr_month=d.getMonth();var curr_year=d.getFullYear();document.write("Retrieved "+m_names[curr_month]+" "+curr_date+", "+curr_year+" from New Advent: "); Most often these theological works take the form of commentaries on Genesis 1. — Verse 6: And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. Omitting the views of Theophilus of Antioch ("Ad Autol. Professor Cheyne himself proves, against Dillmann, that the first alternative is inadmissible.

Most of the subsequent commentators urged the literal sense of the Hexaemeron; this is true even of the early Protestant writers who were always insisting on the primitive text of Scripture. [2] One of the more influential elements of Augustine's writings is his argument that God created the world all at once. The Hexaemeron proper deals with the six days of the earth's formation, or the so-called Second Creation.