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[1244] Denz., nos. 2121-28
[1245] Ibid., 2127
[1246] Ibid., nos. 2121 f.
[1247] Ibid., no. 2127
[1248] Ibid., no. 2122
[1249] The Scriptures often praise God's work of
creation: Gen. 14:19; Isa. 42:5;
45:18; Prov. 3:19; 8:22; Wisd. 9:9;
Ps. 32:9; 111:5; II Mach. 7:28; and
Adam's formation and fall are mentioned in Wisd.
10:1 f.
[1250] Denz., no. 2127
[1251] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 67, a. 4; q.
70, a. 1 at 3
[1252] Gen. 1:6ff
[1253] Denz., no. 2125
[1254] cf. St. Thomas, Summa Theol., Ia, q.
70, a. 1. ad 3; Sent. II, dist. XII, q.
1 ad 2; St. Augustine, De Genesi ad litt.,
II, q. 22; Leo XIII, Encyclical
Providentissimus
[1255] Denz., no. 2123
[1256] Ibid., no. 2126.
[1257] cf. Rouet de Journel, Ench. patrist. Index
theol., nos. 211-15: St. Augustine's doctrine
on the creation of the world. According to St.
Augustine God created all things at the same time; He
implanted seminal reasons in creatures; the days in
Genesis are different from natural days; caution is to be
exercised in interpreting the first chapters of Genesis
[1258] Denz., no. 2128
[1259] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 68, a. 1.
[1260] Ibid., q. 66, a. 1. With many of the
Fathers we can admit a prior amorphous state of matters as
long as we understand that this is not a state of absolute
amorphousness
[1261] Ibid., q. 73, a. 1 ad 3; q. 115,
a. 2. "Whether there are any seminal reasons in
corporeal matter."
[1262] Garrigou-Lagrange, De revelatione I,
233-76.
[1263] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 70, a. 3 ad 3.
[1264] Ibid., q. 73, a. 1 ad 3; q. 115,
a. 2
[1265] cf. Dict. apol., art. "Transformism."
[1266] Summa Theol., Ia, q. 118, a. 1, 2.
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