God the creator
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This article is the transcript of an address delivered by Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch at an interreligious gathering in Bucharest in 1998. In the form of a theological meditation with an ecumenical vocation, the text explores the theme of God the creator as a common foundation for the Abrahamic traditions and, more broadly, for all religions. Drawing on the exegesis of the Hebrew verb *bâra*, on the doctrine of creation *ex nihilo*, and on the Church Fathers — notably Maximus the Confessor, Gregory of Nyssa, and John of Damascus — the author develops an anthropology of the divine image that grounds the equal dignity of every human being. The theological contribution lies in the articulation between creaturely ontology, personal freedom, and interreligious openness, with creation being presented as a constitutive relationship to God and as a universal call to communion.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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