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IN THIS CHAPTER

Acknowledging that creation has a Creator

Seeing where the devil and hell came from

Experiencing the fallout of Adam and Eve’s sin

Expecting the world to end

Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has sought to discover the origins of the world and of the universe itself. Where did we come from? How did we get here? These questions inevitably lead to others, such as who are we? And where are we going?

Catholics believe that God is the Creator of heaven and earth because that’s what Divine Revelation (as found in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition — see Chapter 2) tells us. This belief is supported by our human logic and science, which tell us that time and space had a beginning, whether we call that moment creation or the Big Bang. Catholics also believe that because of Adam and Eve’s Original Sin, all of us have a wounded sinful nature. We all face judgment at the end of the world, and Catholicism has certain beliefs about what the end of the world will look like.

In this chapter, we explore what Catholicism teaches about the moment when the material world came into existence, the moment when the devil and sin were introduced, and what we know about the end of creation.