GOD'S CREATION
By Edward Matulanya Creation According to the Roman Catholic Church The Roman Catholic Church teaches that creation is an act of God’s free will and love, in which He brings everything into existence out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo). This belief is drawn from Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium (the Pope and bishops in communion with him). God is the One Creator God alone is the source of all that exists, both visible and invisible . The Nicene Creed professes: “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible” (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], 1997/2019, §325). Creation is not the work of chance or multiple gods but the free, intelligent, and loving action of the one true God. Creation Ex Nihilo Before creation there was nothing except God. He did not shape pre-existing matter but brought the universe into being by His Word (CCC, 1997/2019, §296). This reveals God’s omnipotence and that all cre...