Why did God create the world? Was He lacking anything?
God created the world not to increase His own glory or fulfill any lack, because He is infinitely complete, happy, and blessed in Himself. As the First Vatican Council declared, God created out of His sheer goodness and love to manifest His glory and share His infinite beatitude with rational creatures. As Saint Irenaeus famously wrote: 'The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God.' Creation is an act of sovereign generosity meant to draw us into the eternal joy of the Holy Trinity.
Sources
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 293-294
- Ephesians 1:5-6
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