Abstract
In this chapter the history of creation is considered, and the focus is on two key issues: (i) whether or not there is a beginning to creation, and (ii) the consistency of Aquinas’s views with the biblical account of Genesis. There are two main parts of this chapter. The first part deals with Aquinas’s view that the arguments both for and against a beginning of creation are unsatisfactory. The second part deals with Aquinas’s reading of the creation narrative in Genesis, how this reading fits in with his metaphysics of creation, and how it entails that one need not be committed to a literal six-day creation story in order to take the Genesis account seriously.
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