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.
