I believe that matter is not co-eternal with the Creator, and there was a time when it did not exist, and that it was created out of nothing and in time by the will and the Word of God. I believe that matter was created good but drawn into sin and corruption because of man, who was established initially as the ruler of the material world. Even though the creation "lieth in evil" and corruption, yet it is God's creation and therefore good; only through man's will in using creation evilly can sin be joined to creation. I believe that creation will be purified by the fire of the Last Judgment at the moment of the glorious Advent of our Saviour Jesus Christ and that it will be restored and regenerated and that it will constitute a New Creation, according to the promise of the Lord: "Behold, I make all things new" (Rev. 21.5). "New heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness" (II Peter 3:13).

• Concerning God the Father
• Concerning the Holy Trinity
• Concerning the Incarnation
• Concerning Creation
• Concerning the Spiritual Hosts
• Concerning Immortality
• Concerning Evil
• Concerning Sin
• Concerning Man’s Free Will
• Concerning Faith and Works
• Concerning the Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
• Concerning the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Icons
• Concerning the Holy Relics of the Saints
• Concerning the Holy Scriptures
• Concerning the Church
• Concerning How the Church's Organization is Superior to Ethnic Considerations
• Concerning the Head of the Church
• Concerning the Church and Holy Tradition
• Concerning the Life That is to Come

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