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Great Architect of the Universe
The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is a conception of God discussed by many Christian theologians and apologists. As a designation it is used within Freemasonry to neutrally represent deity (in whatever form, and by whatever name each member may individually believe in). It is also a Rosicrucian conception of God, as expressed by Max Heindel. The concept of the demiurge as a grand architect or a great architect also occurs in gnosticism and other religious and philosophical systems.
==Christianity==
The concept of God as the (Great) Architect of the Universe has been employed many times in Christianity. An illustration of God as the architect of the universe can be found in a Bible from the Middle Ages〔(Hog, Erik. "The depth of the heavens: Belief and knowledge during 2500 years" ) (pdf file) ''Europhysics News'', (2004), 35(3), p. 78, .〕 and the comparison of God to an architect has been used by Christian apologists and teachers.
Saint Thomas Aquinas said in the Summa: "God, Who is the first principle of all things, may be compared to things created ''as the architect is to things designed'' (''ut artifex ad artificiata'')."〔(''Summa Theologica'' ) I. 27, 1, r.o. 3.〕 Commentators have pointed out that the assertion that the Grand Architect of the Universe is the Christian God "is not evident on the basis of 'natural theology' alone but requires an additional 'leap of faith' based on the revelation of the Bible".
John Calvin, in his ''Institutes of the Christian Religion'' (1536), repeatedly calls the Christian God "the Architect of the Universe", also referring to his works as "Architecture of the Universe", and in his commentary on Psalm 19 refers to the Christian God as the "Great Architect" or "Architect of the Universe".
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