CHAPTER XXXVII: QUESTIONS 65-74 THE CORPOREAL CREATURE

[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.