Time and Change Began Together
Time, Augustine defines, is the measure of motion and change. Since God is absolutely unchangeable, time could not exist before a mutable creature was brought into being. Therefore, the world was created not in time but with time. The six days of Genesis are a logical and symbolic framework for understanding the ordering of creation. The “evening and morning” of the first three days, before the sun’s creation, must be understood non-literally, perhaps representing different states of angelic knowledge.
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