uncreated

This is a technical theological term originating in Greek philosophy that is used to determine what is eternal and divine and what was created by the divine. The premise is that everything is either created by God or is God who is uncreated. This concept became an important issue in the debate regarding grace and whether it is created or uncreated or are there different types of grace, some created while others uncreated.

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Early Christianity, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Mysticism

Medieval Scholasticism, the Incomprehensible God, and Supernatural Grace

Eastern Orthodox Theology, Iconoclasm and the Great Schism of 1054

The Advent of Trinitarian Christianity

Zoroastrianism

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