YOUCAT Question n. 45 - Do natural laws and natural systems come from God also?
(Youcat answer) Yes. The laws of nature and natural
systems are also part of God’s creation.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 339) Each
creature possesses its own particular goodness and perfection. For each one
of the works of the "six days" it is said: "and God saw that it
was good." "By the very nature of creation, material being is endowed
with its own stability, truth and excellence, its own order and laws" (GS
36 § 1). Each of the various creatures, willed in its own being, reflects in
its own way a ray of God's infinite wisdom and goodness. Man must therefore
respect the particular goodness of every creature, to avoid any disordered use
of things which would be in contempt of the Creator and would bring disastrous
consequences for human beings and their environment.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
Man is not a blank slate. He is shaped by
the order and the natural laws that God has inscribed in his creation. A
Christian does not simply do “whatever he wants”. He knows that he harms
himself and damages his environment when he denies natural laws, uses things in
ways contrary to their intrinsic order, and tries to be wiser than God, who
created hem. It demands too much of a person when he tries to design himself
from start to finish.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 354) Respect for laws inscribed in creation and the
relations which derive from the nature of things is a principle of wisdom and a
foundation for morality. (CCC 346) In creation God laid a foundation and
established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with
confidence, for they are the sign and pledge of the unshakeable faithfulness of
God's covenant (Cf. Heb 4:3-4; Jer 31:35-37; 33:19-26). For his part man must
remain faithful to this foundation, and respect the laws which the Creator has
written into it.
No comments:
Post a Comment