The Attributes of God – The Creator

God as Creator and His Eternity
His Holiness explains that God is eternal and unlimited, and that He alone is the true Creator because creation for God is creation out of nothing, not a maker using existing material.

Difference between Creator and Maker
He clarifies the difference: a maker makes from existing material, whereas the Creator brings things into existence from nothing; therefore only God is rightly called Creator.

Why God created — motives of creation
He states that God did not create the world because He needed worship or praise, but He created for reasons: first His humility which did not desire to remain alone, and secondly His goodness and generosity through which His love overflowed and brought forth creation.

Variety of creation types
He speaks about the variety of creation: inanimate things (mountains, rivers, gravel), animals and plants, beings of body and spirit (angels), beings of spirit only, single-celled and multi-celled organisms, extinct creatures, and unknown deep-sea and sky beings still beyond our science.

Orderly chronological arrangement and wisdom
He emphasizes that creation is tied to wisdom and chronological order: water was created before plants, plants before animals, and man last after everything he needs was prepared; the six days of creation are not literal solar days but time periods with multiple meanings.

The greatness of the universe and open sciences
He contemplates the order of the heavens, laws of wind and heat, and the hidden depths of earth and seas, noting that humanity knows only a small part of God’s creation and that sciences like marine science and astronomy reveal some of these mysteries.

Conclusion and spiritual echo
All creation testifies to God’s wisdom, power, humility and generosity; every creature is the work of God’s hands and a sign of the Lord who governs creation with wisdom and love.

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