Proposals for the Refinement of Theological Terminology in Slovak. Part Six

The study “Proposals for the Refinement of Theological Terminology in Slovak: Part Six” examines the inaccuracy of the Slovak term stvorenie (“creation” –creatio ex nihilo) in relation to beings that did not come into existence through stvorenie, i.e. God’s act of bringing things into existence from nothing, but rather through tvorenie (“forming” –creatio ex materia or formatio), i.e. from pre-existing matter and through the actions of other creatures. This issue appears in certain magisterial, liturgical, and theological texts. The study analyses the theological terms creatio prima, creatio secunda, and creatio continua, ultimately proposing that only the term stvorenie (i.e. in the sense of creatio ex nihilo) should be used.