Full Idea
Authors from 1274 to 1671 unanimously endorse the Christian doctrine that matter was created by God, before which time there was no material world at all.
Gist of Idea
Scholastic authors agree that matter was created by God, out of nothing
Source
Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 02.5)
Book Reference
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.30