85. Since then the Lord God the Creator is love itself and wisdom itself, and the universe was created by Him, being thus a work coming from Him, it is inevitable that in each and every created thing there is some element of good and truth from Him. For whatever is made by and comes from someone bears a similar stamp given by him. The truth of this can also be seen rationally, by considering the order observable in every detail of the created universe. This can be seen in one thing being created for the sake of another, so that one depends on another, like the links in a chain. For everything was created for the sake of the human race, from which a heaven of angels could be made. By this means creation returns to its source, the Creator Himself. As a result the created universe is linked with its Creator, and this link keeps it permanently in existence.
It is as a result of this that good and truth are called universal principles of creation. Anyone who uses his reason to study this can see that it is plainly so; he can see in everything created what has reference to good and what has reference to truth.
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