Chapter
The Nature of God's Creation and Power
01:12 - 13:25 (12:13)
The world is inherently evil and the spiritual world is good, but God's power, intelligence, and design can be seen in the creation of the world. Despite the battle between good and evil, evil is not an eternal force since only God has always existed.
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In this episode, the speaker discusses how we can discern the nature of God through the beauty and design of the world He has created and how crucial it is for us to recognize that God has revealed Himself to us in both creation and revelation.
01:12 - 06:01 (04:49)
Summary
In this episode, the speaker discusses how we can discern the nature of God through the beauty and design of the world He has created and how crucial it is for us to recognize that God has revealed Himself to us in both creation and revelation.
ChapterThe Nature of God's Creation and Power
EpisodeDay 41: Origins and Ends
PodcastThe Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
These texts, read in the context of sacred scripture and the church’s tradition, serve as the principal source for catechesis on the history of the Church and the mysteries of creation, sin, and salvation, expressing in solemn language the truths of humanity's origin, purpose, and destiny.
06:01 - 09:55 (03:53)
Summary
These texts, read in the context of sacred scripture and the church’s tradition, serve as the principal source for catechesis on the history of the Church and the mysteries of creation, sin, and salvation, expressing in solemn language the truths of humanity's origin, purpose, and destiny. The podcast confronts some philosophical beliefs such as pantheism, which which state that everything is God and the world is to be left behind as well as Gnosticism, which purports that the physical world is evil and a product of a fall.
ChapterThe Nature of God's Creation and Power
EpisodeDay 41: Origins and Ends
PodcastThe Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
In Christianity, there is a battle between good and evil, but the material world is considered evil, and the spiritual world good.
09:55 - 13:25 (03:30)
Summary
In Christianity, there is a battle between good and evil, but the material world is considered evil, and the spiritual world good. Evil is not an eternal force, and Christian beliefs reject pantheism, dualism and manichaeism.