God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the … - Robert Bellarmine

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Robert Bellarmine

God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.

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