Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Paragraph 4. The Creator (cont’d)

In Brief

(315) In the creation of the world and of man, God gave the first and universal witness to his almighty love and his wisdom, the first proclamation of the “plan of his loving goodness,” which finds its goal in the new creation in Christ.

(316) Though the work of creation is attributed to the Father in particular, it is equally a truth of faith that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together are the one, indivisible principle of creation.

(317) God alone created the universe freely, directly, and without any help.

(318) No creature has the infinite power necessary to “create” in the proper sense of the word, that is, to produce and give being to that which had in no way possessed it (to call into existence “out of nothing”) (cf. DS 3624).

(319) God created the world to show forth and communicate his glory. That his creatures should share in his truth, goodness, and beauty—this is the glory for which God created them.

(320) God created the universe and keeps it in existence by his Word, the Son “upholding the universe by his word of power” (Heb 1:3) and by his Creator Spirit, the giver of life.

(321) Divine providence consists of the dispositions by which God guides all his creatures with wisdom and love to their ultimate end.

Source: USCCB