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cosmology of Avicenna
- In Avicenna: Influence in philosophy and science
interpretation in Christianity
- In Christianity: The revelatory character of God
use in arguments for existence of God
- In Christianity: The cosmological argument
- In theism: The causal argument

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	Invalidated site: H2g2 - First Cause.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 27, 2017
	Add new Web site: H2g2 - First Cause.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 29, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998