Ordo naturae

Universität Wien

"For this reason one may not confuse the phrase order of nature with [the phrase] biological order, much less . . . [(gleichsetzen)] the realities they signify.  Biological order is [only] the order of nature to the degree that [the latter] is amenable to the empirical and descriptive methods of the natural sciences.  But to the extent that the order of nature is a specific order of existence that stands in [an] obvious relation to the causa prima (to God, the Creator), it is no longer a [merely] biological order."

     Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, "Die Bibel queer lesen?  Zu einem umstritten Heft des katholischen Bibelwerks," Communio blog, 29 May 2026.