Ages and Time are created
19 Φεβρουαρίου 2010
. . . in the mind of the Fathers, nothing ex nihilo exists before the ages. Everything that exists before the ages is uncreated and from the Father. The creation of the ages is what begins creation ex nihilo. Afterwards follows the creation of the angels and then the creation of time.
In the Patristic tradition … there is a sharp distinction between the ages and time. Although time exists within the ages, all created beings are not circumscribed by time, because there are certain created beings (such as the ranks of angels, the demons, and the souls or the departed) who are independent of time and do not live in time, but in the ages. This is the reason why they can move at lightning speed.
This is why angels, demons, and the souls of the departed saints can move about so quickly that it seems as though they are in many places at the same time. In other words, it seems that they are not restricted by time and space.
– Protopresbyter John Romanides: Patristic Theology
