Creation is the foundation of all God’s saving plans?

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Mmarco:
Evil and sin are not created entities, they are only a consequence of our free choices.
Evil and sin exists in the world.

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be in existence …
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If something exists, must be created and must have a creator.
Wrong. Sin is not a created entity.; Sin is nothing else than a bad act.
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Do you mean @Mmarco, our free choices are the causer/ creator of evil and sins in the world?
We are the cause of our own sins.
 
God knew the Fall would occur before He created and incorporated that into His plans for man, deeming it worthwhile to create nonetheless and, knowing the beginning from the end, ultimately planning to bring an even greater good out of the evil that resulted. From the larger perspective, the Church teaches that God made His world “in statu viae”, in a state of journeying to perfection.
 
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We are the cause of our own sins.
Yes, in “Milk food Theology;” We are the cause of our sins.

In “Solid food Theology;” God acts in and with every creature in each and all its activities, He directs all, even evil and sin itself, to the final end for which the universe was created.
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1 Cor.3:2; I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able.
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As we see above, there are two Theology, “Milk food Theology” for the novice Christians and “Solid food Theology” for the theologically educated Christians. – For novice Christians, until they grow up in theological knowledge, “Solid food Theology” is not palatable for them.

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EXAMPLE OF “Milk food Theology:”

CCC 1733 … The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to “the slavery of sin.”

According to “Milk food Theology”, God is not our ruler, we are our own ruler because by our whims we are anytime able to override the will of God. So, we are our own god and naturally follows, we are responsible for our salvation or our damnation.

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EXAMPLES OF “Solid food Theology:” No abuse of freedom in “Solid food Theology.”

Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott.


The three Divine or Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity are infused with Sanctifying grace, (De fide dogma).
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There is a supernatural intervention of God in the faculties of the soul, which precedes the free act of the will, (De fide dogma). – There is no disobedience/ abuse of freedom in “Solid food Theology,” (CCC 307, CCC 308, CCC 313, etc.).
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Fallen man cannot redeem himself, (De fide dogma). – It is God’s responsibility to save ALL OF US.
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Without the special help of God the justified cannot persevere to the end in justification, (De fide dogma). – It is God’s responsibility TO KEEP US SAVED by His gift of grace of Final Perseverance.
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CCC 2016 The children of our holy mother the Church rightly hope for the grace of final perseverance. – Gives Infallible protection of the salvation of EVERY RECEIVER, there is no salvation without it.
Infallible teachings of the Trent and formal teachings of the Catholic Church. Another proof, God is responsible for the salvation of the entire human race.
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CCC 308 For God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Far from diminishing the creature’s dignity, this truth enhances it.
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CCCS 1996-1998; This call to eternal life is supernatural, coming TOTALLY from God’s decision and surpassing ALL power of human intellect and will.”

Ezekiel 36:27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. No abuse of freedom in “Solid food Theology.”
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As we see above, in “Solid food Theology” our whims is not our god, God is our God, He is the one working in us both to will and to work for his good pleasure, He is responsible for the salvation of the entire human race.

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LET’S SEE MORE EXAMPLES OF “Solid food Theology:”
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Free Will explains;

“God is the author of all causes and effects, but is not the author of sin, because an action ceases to be sin if God wills it to happen. Still God is the cause of sin.
God’s omnipotent providence exercises a complete and perfect control over all events that happen, or will happen, in the universe.”

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Divine Providence explains;

His wisdom He so orders all events within the universe that the end for which it was created may be realized.

God preserves the universe in being; He acts in and with every creature in each and all its activities.

He directs all, even evil and sin itself, to the final end for which the universe was created.

Evil He converts into good (Genesis 1:20; cf. Psalm 90:10); and suffering He uses as an instrument whereby to train men up as a father traineth up his children (Deuteronomy 8:1-6; Psalm 65:2-10;

Evil, therefore, ministers to God’s design (St. Gregory the Great, op. cit., VI, xxxii in “P.L.”

That end is that all creatures should manifest the glory of God, and eternal happiness in God.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Divine Providence
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CCC 313; St.Thomas More, shortly before his martyrdom, consoled his daughter: “Nothing can come but that that God wills. And I make me very sure that whatsoever that be, seem it never so bad in sight, it shall indeed be the best.” 182

As we see above according to “Solid food Theology:” Nothing can come but that that God wills, God acts in and with every creature in each and all its activities and He directs all, even evil and sin itself, to the final end for which the universe was created.

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For Augustine says (De Civ. Dei v, 1) that the "Divine will or power is called fate."
But the Divine will or power is not in creatures, but in God. Therefore fate is not in creatures but in God.

The Divine will is cause of all things that happen, as Augustine says (De Trin. iii, 1 seqq.). Therefore all things are subject to fate.

The same is true for events in our lives. Relative to us they often appear to be by chance.
But relative to God, who directs everything according to his divine plan, nothing occurs by chance.

Hence if this divine influence stopped, every operation would stop.
Every operation,
therefore, of anything is traced back to Him as its cause. (Summa Contra Gentiles, Book III.)
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St. Thomas (C. G., II, xxviii) if God’s purpose were made dependent on the foreseen free act of any creature, God would thereby sacrifice His own freedom, and would submit Himself to His creatures, thus abdicating His essential supremacy a thing which is, of course, utterly inconceivable.
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If someone recognize from miles that a teaching or theory is part of the “Milk food Theology” or it is part of the “Solid food Theology,” he or she has a good theological knowledge.
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God bless
 
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Latin, as I have already said, you quote a lot of verses out of their context and you do not understand their meaning.
None of the verses you quote contradicts what I said about sin not being a created entity and about us being the cause of our own sins.
 
… you quote a lot of verses out of their context and you do not understand their meaning.
1 Cor.3:2; I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able.
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As we see above, there are two Theology, “Milk food Theology” for the novice Christians and “Solid food Theology” for the theologically educated Christians. – For novice Christians, until they grow up in theological knowledge, “Solid food Theology” is not palatable for them.

EXAMPLES OF “Milk food Theology:”

CCC 1733 … The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to “the slavery of sin.”

CCC1743 “God willed that man should be left in the hand of his own counsel (cf. Sir 15:14), so that he might of his own accord seek his creator and freely attain his full and blessed perfection by cleaving to him” ( GS 17 § 1).

According to “Milk food Theology”, God is not our ruler, we are our own ruler because by our whims we are anytime able to override the will of God. So, we are our own god and naturally follows, we are responsible for our salvation or our damnation.

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EXAMPLES OF “Solid food Theology:” – No abuse of freedom in “Solid food Theology.”

CCC 301 With creation, God does not abandon his creatures to themselves. He not only gives them being and existence, but also, and at every moment, upholds and sustains them in being, enables them to act and brings them to their final end. Recognizing this utter dependence with respect to the Creator is a source of wisdom and freedom, of joy and confidence.Exact opposite of CCC 1733 and CCC 1743.

CCC 308 The truth that God is at work in all the actions of his creatures is inseparable from faith in God the Creator.
God is the first cause who operates in and through secondary causes:
"For God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Far from diminishing the creature’s dignity, this truth enhances it. – Exact opposite of CCC 1733 and CCC 1743.

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CCC 307 God thus enables men to be intelligent and free, causes in order to complete the work of creation, … Though often unconscious collaborators with God’s will, they can also enter deliberately into the divine plan. They then fully become “God’s fellow workers” and co-workers for his kingdom.Exact opposite of CCC 1733 and CCC 1743.
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Because God works in us He causes all our actions, we all freely do what we want to do and we don’t even realize, we are as His builders, freely cooperating with His graces and working on to complete His creation
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As we see @Mmarco, total contradictions between the “Milk food Theology” of CCC 1733, CCC 1743 and between the “Solid food Theology” of CCC 301, CCC 307, CCC 308.
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The two Theology is in total contradiction with each other, no one can believe both at the same time.

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LET’S SEE ANOTHER EGZAMPLE

EXAMPLE OF “Milk food Theology.”
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CCC 1037 God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want “any to perish, but all to come to repentance”:

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EXAMPLES OF “Solid food Theology:”

Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott;

Fallen man cannot redeem himself, (De fide dogma). – It is God’s responsibility to save ALL OF US.
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Without the special help of God the justified cannot persevere to the end in justification, (De fide dogma). – It is God’s responsibility TO KEEP US SAVED by His gift of grace of Final Perseverance.
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CCC 2016 The children of our holy mother the Church rightly hope for the grace of final perseverance. – Gives Infallible protection of the salvation of EVERY RECEIVER, there is no salvation without it. Infallible teachings of the Trent and formal teachings of the Catholic Church. This is another proof that God is responsible off the salvation of the entire human race.

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CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH EXPLAINS THE WAY GOD SAVES US

CCCS 1990-1991; Justification is also our acceptance of God’s righteousness. In this gift, faith, hope, charity, and OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S WILL are given to us.
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COUNCIL OF TRENT Session 6 Chapter 8
None of those things which precede justification - whether faith or works merit the grace itself of justification.
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“One is saved the moment one is initially justified.” James Akin.
He is director of apologetics and evangelism in the Catholic Answers.
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As we see above: God created us without our consent, He justified/ saved us without our consent, we can call it: God’s Love, Justice and His Duty of care.
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CCCS 1996-1998; Justification comes from grace (God’s free and undeserved help) and is given to us to respond to his call.
This call to eternal life is supernatural, coming TOTALLY from God’s decision and surpassing ALL power of human intellect and will.”
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Because God works in us He causes all our actions, we all freely do what we want to do and we don’t even realize, we are as His builders, freely cooperating with His graces and working on to complete His creation.
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As we see above, CCC 2016 , COUNCIL OF TRENT Session 6 Chapter 8, CCCS 1996-1998; “Solid food Theology” totally demolished CCC 1037 part of “Milk food Theology.” – So, who can die in mortal sin? The correct answer is, no one.
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I’m a Roman Catholic, I also know, in Catholic Theology our fate/ destiny is not in us, it is in God.
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I have 100 % faith in God for my salvation, I doing my best and I have zero % fear that I will die in mortal sin.
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As we see above @Mmarco, our destiny is not in us, it is in God.
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God bless
 
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