293. Scripture and Tradition never cease to teach and celebrate this fundamental truth: “The world was made for the glory of God.” St. Bonaventure explains that God created all things “not to increase his glory, but to show it forth and to communicate it”, for God has no other reason for creating than his love and goodness: “Creatures came into existence when the key of love opened his hand.” The First Vatican Council explains:
This one, true God, of his own goodness and “almighty power”, not for increasing his own beatitude, nor for attaining his perfection, but in order to manifest this perfection through the benefits which he bestows on creatures, with absolute freedom of counsel “and from the beginning of time, made out of nothing both orders of creatures, the spiritual and the corporeal. . .”
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49. How do the three divine Persons work?
490. What are the means that aid the living of chastity?
307. Who is the minister of this sacrament?
46. What did Jesus Christ reveal to us about the mystery of the Father?
470. What is forbidden by the fifth commandment?
397. How does sin proliferate?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What can we learn about divine wrath and protection of the righteous from the book of Nahum?
What is the meaning of being “blameless” according to the 2 Peter 3:14 passage?
What is the significance of the founding of the church in Ephesus described in Acts 19:1-10?
How do the Psalms teach us to be more sensitive to God’s presence (Psalm 139:1-4)?
What does the Bible teach about transforming the body?
The Fall of Mankind: How Did Adam and Eve’s Disobedience Affect the World? (Genesis 3:1-24)
