Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Because God creates through wisdom, his creation is ordered: “You have arranged
all things by measure and number and weight.”¹⁵¹ The universe,
created in and by the eternal Word, the “image of the invisible God”,
is destined for and addressed to man, himself created in the “image of
God” and called to a personal relationship with God.¹⁵² Our human
understanding, which shares in the light of the divine intellect, can
understand what God tells us by means of his creation, though not without great
effort and only in a spirit of humility and respect before the Creator and his
work.¹⁵³ Because creation comes forth from God’s goodness, it shares in
that goodness – “and God saw that it was good. . . very
good”¹⁵⁴– for God willed creation as a gift addressed to man, an
inheritance destined for and entrusted to him. On many occasions the Church has
had to defend the goodness of creation, including that of the physical
world.¹⁵⁵

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
  - Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
    - Paragraph 4. THE CREATOR

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team