Quiz: On God, the Creator and Provider

The world was created and ordered by God over the course of six creative days. Scripture explicitly states this: “And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had accomplished” (Gen. 2:2). However, no unanimous consensus exists regarding the duration of a "creative day." Some scholars (such as St. Ephrem the Syrian) maintained that each creative day corresponded to an ordinary 24-hour day. Others argued that "day" (Hebrew: yom) signifies an extended period. Among later theologians, Professor A.P. Lopukhin notably emphasized that the Hebrew term yom — rendered as "day" in the Synodal translation — can also denote an epoch or age. The Church has not dogmatized this teaching; the matter remains within the realm of theological opinion.