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Questions / God and the Trinity

Why did God create us?

Church teaching

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In short: Not because He was lonely. He made the world to show and share His glory, so you could share His truth, goodness and beauty. CCC 293 CCC 319

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

God created the world to show forth and share His glory. CCC 319

St. Bonaventure says God made all things “not to increase his glory, but to show it forth and to communicate it.” CCC 293

That His creatures should share in His truth, goodness and beauty: that is the glory for which He made them. CCC 319

Our words

God didn’t need you. He wanted you. That’s a much better reason to exist.

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Sources on this page

How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 293, 319 (official text on vatican.va).

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