God created a world for beings that were fit for thinking and learning in all forms. He made them with intellectual curiosity and a thirst for the transcendent. To carry out their vice-regency, Adam and Eve had to apply their cognitive abilities and religious aspiration in compliance with the God who made them and the real world they lived in—that is, covenantally. The bond between creation and the Creator, between the first couple and God, was a Lord–servant alliance. (Such a Mind as This, 22)
This brings me to the thought of Thomas Aquinas, talking about the relationship of creatures to God the Creator. This reality is an accident, a relationship that is inherent in the substance of created realities: it is “the very dependence of the created being towards the principle which produced it”, a dependence which is part of the “genre of the relationship.” This is precisely the reason why, according to Saint Thomas, dependence on God the Creator does not formally enter into the definition of things, although everything created has such a dependence towards God. This teaching affirms the fundamental nature of the relationship to God the Creator (“dependence”) which necessarily characterizes each being created, while honoring the proper consistency of creatures. But then, where does the “point of contact” of creatures with God reside? Creator? What does it consist of? To be developed…
Such a Mind as This 
This brings me to the thought of Thomas Aquinas, talking about the relationship of creatures to God the Creator. This reality is an accident, a relationship that is inherent in the
substance of created realities: it is “the very dependence of the created being
towards the principle which produced it”, a dependence which is part of the “genre
of the relationship.” This is precisely the reason why, according to Saint
Thomas, dependence on God the Creator does not formally enter into
the definition of things, although everything created has such a dependence
towards God. This teaching affirms the fundamental nature of the relationship
to God the Creator (“dependence”) which necessarily characterizes each
being created, while honoring the proper consistency of creatures. But then, where does the “point of contact” of creatures with God reside?
Creator? What does it consist of? To be developed…
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