# Nature ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The created order ([[1.1.1.0.pa#^ccc-34|34]]l). Human nature, though wounded and weakened by the effects of original sin, continues to participate in the goodness of God's creative work ([[1.2.1.1.p1c#^ccc-405|405]]). Through the Incarnation the second Person of the Trinity assumed our human nature, taking flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary ([[1.2.2.3.p1j#^ccc-456|456]]). The divine nature refers to the one divine substance or essence; each of the three distinct Persons of the Trinity is entirely God, who is one by the divine nature ([[1.2.1.1.p17#^ccc-253|253]]).