This article surveys the place of the concept of "Nothingness" within Carl Schmitt's political and juridical thought, with a particular emphasis on the decisive influence exerted by the belief and theological concept of "God's creation from nothing" (creatio ex nihilo) on Schmitt's notions of "Sovereignty" and "Right." Simultaneously, it demonstrates how Schmitt critiques the nihilistic essence and political consequences of modern progressivism. This critique is manifested through the opposition between "creation from nothing" (Schöpfung aus dem Nichts) and "creation of nothing" (Schöpfung des Nichts) in Schmitt's later works.