Syndicate: "out of nothing"

["intima" <igor.stromajer@guest.arnes.si>]

"A human artisan makes from a given material whatever he wants, 
while God shows his power by starting from nothing to make all he 
wants."

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- We believe that God created the world according to his wisdom. It 
is not the product of any necessity whatever, nor of blind fate or 
chance. We believe that it proceeds from God's free will; he wanted 
to make his creatures share in his being, wisdom and goodness: 
"For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were 
created." -

- We believe that God needs no pre-existent thing or any help in 
order to create, nor is creation any sort of necessary emanation 
from the divine substance. God creates freely "out of nothing": If 
God had drawn the world from pre-existent matter, what would be 
so extraordinary in that? A human artisan makes from a given 
material whatever he wants, while God shows his power by starting 
from nothing to make all he wants. -

(Cathechism of Catholic Church; Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 1, 
Article 1: "I Believe in God The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
and Earth", Paragraph 4: "The Creator") 


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