What does forecreated mean?
Forecreated means Created beforehand.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Created beforehand.
Plato propoundeth a Question (saith he) whether the Worlde was created after the patterne of a thing forecreated, or of a thing without beginning.
If that one thing of matter were excepted, a chief thing were excepted; if not one thing were excepted, then he created something of nothing, because spirits, as angels and souls, are not made of any pre-existing or fore-created matter.
[yet] to the Jews, who roundly deny this exposition, and to the Arians, who accept it (and yet call Christ a creature, as forecreated for an assistant in this second creation); […]
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Forecreated means Created beforehand.
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Plato propoundeth a Question (saith he) whether the Worlde was created after the patterne of a thing forecreated, or of a thing without beginning.
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