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The first thing God says of each of the things he created is that it is good, and in the case of human beings, Sacred Scripture tell us that he saw not only that we are good but that we are very good. Between the goodness of our being created and our ultimate happiness lies the course of our earthly life, in which we are to know and love and ...
Jan 27, 2023 · The Catholic Church teaches that the existence of God can be known — not just believed or held as an opinion. Carl Bloch, “Transfiguration of Jesus,” 1872 (photo: Public Domain) Matt D’Antuono...
Jun 22, 2016 · The Church’s belief about God starts with creation. God is Creator of all that exists. (Gen 1:1; Ps 33:8-9; Ps 124:8; Ps 146:5-6) Yet for the Catholic, God is not merely a Divine Craftsman who works with pre-existent eternal matter, but is the source on which all contingent reality, including matter, depends for its existence.
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In order to answer the question “what is truth,” it is first necessary to ascertain if there is one truth or many truths. The term objective truth is the view that what is true is independent of the individual. That is to say; objective truth is conforming the mind to reality. In this sense, there is only one truth to which each individual’s mind i...
The source of subjective truth will vary according to each person’s background, philosophy, feelings, and biases. By definition, subjective truth is entirely dependent on the individual. As such, there are as many subjective truths as there are opinions. However, if objective truth does exist, its source is, by definition, must be independent of hu...
As has been said, objective truth is independent of human intellect. This leads to the question: if objective truth is something “out there,” how can we know it? In a sense, knowledge of objective truth requires knowledge of the mind of God or what is called the eternal law. Yet, this appears to be impossible for human beings to attain. How then ca...
There are at least two significant reasons why the truth matters. The first is somewhat abstract, while the second is rather concrete. The first reason is that truth is a transcendental. Transcendentals are properties or qualities of existence that are true of everything that exists. Said of truth, it is a transcendental in that it refers to intell...
What is truth? In the preceding paper, I have endeavored to provide an answer to that question. I have provided a definition of subjective and objective truth. I have also suggested that objective truth differs from subjective truth because the source of objective truth is God. In contrast, subjective truth is based on the individual’s opinions and...
May 27, 2021 · God made light before He made anything else. “Light” in this sense should not be understood through our primary understanding of light as a form of physical radiance because “light”, in its primary definition, did not yet exist before God created the physical universe.
- Maurice Williams
The Truth About Creation. FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS. Recall that last week, our examination of the Genesis account of creation concluded with highlighting several truths of faith: God is omnipotent, omniscient, all-loving, eternal and infinite. In freedom and love, God created all things ex nihilo in accord with His eternal Reason.
Aug 12, 2020 · There’s no such thing as nothing, but we do say that God created out of nothing, and what do we mean when we say this? Every act of creation that we can imagine is actually an act of transformation. Someone takes something, turns it into something else, makes something new out of it. Divine creation is not that.
