God and His Secondary Causes

Rational inconsistencies fascinate me.
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The ancient world had a simple grasp of the universe that saw all phenomena as direct signs from God or the gods.
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While almost all modern Christians willingly give credence to the notion that in the order of nature, God as first Cause uses secondary causes to bring about physical phenomena (even though it’s not mentioned in Scripture); most non-Catholic and non-Eastern Orthodox Christians still find it offensive that in the order of grace, God uses secondary causes for spiritual ends (saints, angels, Mary, Church).

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