44. Can we comprehend this mystery?
No; it is impossible that our weak and limited intellect, which cannot understand even created things except imperfectly, should understand a mystery which is infinitely above all created things.
'Great art Thou in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought' (Jer. xxxii. 19). 'For we know in part. We see now through a glass in a dark manner' (1 Cor. xiii. 9, 12). However incomprehensible this mystery may be, yet it does not contradict any of the truths acknowledged by reason; for we do not say that God has one nature and three natures, but that, though He has but one nature, yet there are three Persons in Him. The Unity refers to the nature, and the Trinity to the Persons, (Comparison with the soul, which has memory, will, and understanding.)
45. Is the doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity also important to us?
Yes, it is most important; for it is the principal and fundamental doctrine of Christianity, insomuch that to reject it would be to deny the Christian Faith.
Application. That the grace of this saving Faith may not be withdrawn from you, never forget what thanks you owe to the Most Blessed Trinity for the inestimable benefits of your creation, redemption, and sanctification and what you have solemnly promised to the same Trinity in the holy Sacrament of Baptism. (Feast of the Blessed Trinity.)
§ 3. On the Creation and Government of the World.
'Creator of Heaven and earth.'
46. Why is God called 'Creator of Heaven and earth'?
Because God created—i.e., made out of nothing—the whole world, the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them.
47. How has God created the whole world?
By His almighty will.
'Thou hast created all things; and for Thy will they were and have been created' (Apoc. iv. 11).
