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Ex Nihilo.

Ex Nihilo is a Latin phrase meaning “Out of Nothing”. It often appears in conjunction with the concept of Creation, as in Creatio Ex Nihilo, meaning “Creation out of Nothing” - chiefly in philosophical or theological contexts. In Theology, the common phrase Creatio Ex Nihilo, contrasts with Creatio Ex Materia (Creation out of some Pre-Existent, Eternal Matter) and with Creatio Ex Deo (Creation out of the being of God). The phrase Ex Nihilo also appears in the classical philosophical formulation Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit, which means “Out of Nothing comes Nothing”. 

A major argument for Creatio Ex Nihilo, the First cause argument, states that everything that begins to Exist has a Cause, the Universe began to Exist and therefore, the Universe must have a Cause. Another argument for Ex Nihilo Creation comes from Claude Nowell’s Summum Philosophy that states before anything Existed, Nothing Existed, and if Nothing Existed, then it must have been possible for Nothing to be. If it is possible for Nothing to be, then it must be possible for Everything to be.

Other support for Creatio Ex Nihilo belief comes from the idea that something cannot arise from Nothing; that would involve a Contradiction (Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit). Therefore something must always have Existed. But it is scientifically Impossible for Matter to always have Existed. Moreover, Matter is Contingent: it is not logically Impossible for it not to Exist, and nothing else depends on it. Hence one deduces a Creator, Non-Contingent and not composed of Matter.