 The church from the very earliest days reeled away from the prominent heretics who declared that the physical world was made by an evil God, the Old Testament in Genesis, declared otherwise, that the earth was good, that creation was good, the result of a good Creator. Moreover the psalmist proclaimed that creation sings the glory of its Creator and shines forth his wisdom. If that weren't enough, in the New Testament Jesus Christ Himself was revealed to be truly created man as well as truly uncreated God, so the church had doubly to affirm that the order of nature, nature itself, declares the wisdom and goodness of God. So for the Catholic Church investigating the wisdom of God in nature was not only permissible but good. Knowing more about nature means knowing more about God's wisdom manifested in creation.