catholic and origins of the universe

• Catholics

  Use a combination of the Bible and science to discover where the universe came from
• Catholic beliefs about the origins of the universe

  • Based on the Bible and scientific ideas
  • No conflict between religion and science
• Bible

  Starts with Genesis, which says the universe was "formless and empty" at the beginning
• God

  • The only being capable of creating the entire universe from nothing
  • Omnipotent, eternal, and transcendent
• Catholic view of how God created the universe

  1. God carefully and intricately planned every aspect

  2. God caused or created the Big Bang as the "prime mover" and "first cause"
• Support for Catholic beliefs about creation

  • Big Bang theory proposed by Catholic priest Georges Lemaître
• Catholics combine the Bible's teachings about God as the creator with scientific discoveries like the Big Bang to explain the origins of the universe