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→Distinction between creation and Creator: God's transcendence
==Distinction between creation and Creator: God's transcendence==
==Distinction between creation and Creator: God's transcendence==
[[Image:Michelangelo creation-of-sun-and-moon.jpg|right|alt=Young earth creationism|thumb|310px|[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo's]] painting of the creation of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]].]]
''see also'' [[Existence]]''
''See also'' [[Existence]]''
The first verse of the Bible distinguishes God from the heaven and the earth. The theological discussion of this distinction falls under the named topic of ''transcendence'', and the key philosophical concept with regard to God and creation is the two ''categories of existence'' (with regard to ''causes'', or rather ''sources'', of being): ''a se''—from itself and ''ab alio''—from another. That is, God's existence is ''from God's self'' while creation's existence is ''from another'' (namely God).
The first verse of the Bible distinguishes God from the heaven and the earth. The theological discussion of this distinction falls under the named topic of ''transcendence'', and the key philosophical concept with regard to God and creation is the two ''categories of existence'' (with regard to ''causes'', or rather ''sources'', of being): ''a se''—from itself and ''ab alio''—from another. That is, God's existence is ''from God's self'' while creation's existence is ''from another'' (namely God).