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God the Creator ​

The Divine Act of Creation

The Reality of the Divine Creation of the World

#44 All that exists outside God was, in its whole substance, produced out of nothing by God.


Motive and Purpose of the Creation of the World

#45 God was moved by His Goodness to create the world.

#46 The world was created for the Glorification of God.


The Trinity and Creation

#47 The Three Divine Persons are one single, common Principle of the Creation.


Freedom of the Divine Act of Creation

#48 God created the world free from exterior compulsion and inner necessity.

#49 God has created a good world.


The Temporal Character of the World

#50 The world had a beginning in time.


The Incommunicability of the Creative Power

#51 God alone created the World.


The Preservation of the World

#52 God keeps all created things in existence.


Divine Providence and the Government of the World

#53 God, through His Providence, protects and guides all that He has created.


The Divine Work of Creation

The Origin of the First Human Pair and the Unity of the Human Race

#54 The First Man was created by God.


The Essential Constituent Parts of Human Nature

#55 Man consists of two essential parts—a material body and a spiritual soul.


Relation between nature and supernature

#56 The rational soul is per se the essential form of the body.

#57 Every human being possesses an individual soul.

#58 God has conferred on man a supernatural Destiny.


The Supernatural Endowment of the First Man

#59 Our first parents, before the Fall, were endowed with sanctifying grace.

#60 The donum immortalitatis, i.e., bodily immortality.


Original Sin

The Personal Sin of Our First Parents or Original Sin

#61 Our First Parents in Paradise sinned grievously through transgression of the Divine probationary commandment.

#62 Through sin our First Parents lost sanctifying grace and provoked the anger and the indignation of God.

#63 Our First Parents became subject to death and to the dominion of the Devil.


The Existence of Original Sin

#64 Adam’s sin is transmitted to his posterity, not by imitation, but by descent.


The Transmission of Original Sin

#65 Original sin is transmitted by natural generation.


The Consequences of Original Sin

#66 In the state of original sin man is deprived of sanctifying grace and all that this implies, as well as of the preternatural gifts of integrity.

#67 Souls who depart this life in the state of original sin are excluded from the Beatific Vision of God.


The Angels

Existence, Origin and Number of the Angels

#68 In the beginning of time God created spiritual essences (angels) out of nothing.


The Nature of the Angels

#69 The nature of the angels is spiritual.

The primary task of the good angels is the glorification and the service of God. (Certain)

#70 The secondary task of the good angels is the protection of men and care for their salvation.


The Power of the Bad Angels

#71 The Devil possesses a certain dominion over mankind by reason of Adam’s sin.




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