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Often appears with: world began · the nature and attributes of God · reason and the intellect · faith vs demonstration · creation from nothing · conversion and faith
Usually: argument (1) · crisis of belief (1) · exhortation (1) · resignation (1)
“By faith alone do we hold, and by no demonstration can it be proved, that the world did not always exist, as was said above of the mystery of the Trinity (Q. 32, A. 1).” Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) · insight
The question “Whether It Is an Article of Faith That the World Began” argues that the world’s beginning is not demonstrable but known by faith and revelation, while discussing how some philosophers claim creation “always made.”
and earth": in which words the newness of the world is stated. Therefore the newness of the world is known only by revelation; and therefore it cannot be proved demonstratively. *I answer that,* By faith alone do we hold, and by no demonstration can it be proved, that the world did not always exist, as was said above of the mystery of the Trinity (Q. 32, A. 1). The reason of this is that the newness of the world can…