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Article 2: Whether God Loves All Things?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2024
Love is an attitude that exults in the sheer existence of the other and wills the other’s good. In the words of the Thomist Josef Pieper, it wants to say, “It is good that you exist; it is good that you are in this world!” Thus it is not primarily a condition of the feelings but an attitude of the will. But does God love the things that He creates? Does He cherish even the least of His creatures, as the Tradition claims? Much earlier we established that He is good. But does He will to impart good? Objections can be offered from many different directions. Of course, Scripture asserts God’s love for all things, but St. Thomas inquires whether it can be demonstrated by logical considerations alone.
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