St. Augustine: The only cause of all created things is the goodness of the Creator

When, then, the question is asked what we are to believe in regard to religion, it is not necessary to probe into the nature of things, as was done by those whom the Greeks call physici; nor need we be in alarm lest the Christian should be ignorant of the force and number of the elements,—the motion, and order, and eclipses of the heavenly bodies; the form of the heavens; the species and the natures of animals, plants, stones, fountains, rivers, mountains; about chronology and distances; the signs of coming storms; and a thousand other things which those philosophers either have found out, or think they have found out. For even these men themselves, endowed though they are with so much genius, burning with zeal, abounding in leisure, tracking some things by the aid of human conjecture, searching into others with the aids of history and experience, have not found out all things; and even their boasted discoveries are oftener mere guesses than certain knowledge. It is enough for the Christian to believe that the only cause of all created things, whether heavenly or earthly, whether visible or invisible, is the goodness of the Creator, the one true God; and that nothing exists but Himself that does not derive its existence from Him; and that He is the Trinity—to wit, the Father, and the Son begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from the same Father, but one and the same Spirit of Father and Son.

— St.  Augustine

Cited from Enchiridion: On Faith, Hope, and Love 9.3

St. Augustine teaches that the quest for knowledge through the natural sciences or philosophy is inexhaustible—we can never know it all—yet the underlying certainty remains that all things in nature have their ground and being in a good Creator. But the Source of existence is not an impersonal force but the one true God who is Triune: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Saith Augustine of Hippo (354-430): A western church father who served as the Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, close to present day Annaba in Algeria, the writings and ministry of Augustine defined Christianity in the West, and even to this day, Christians in the West draw their Christian theology, spirituality, and philosophy from Augustine’s influence. If anybody wants to seriously examine Christian theology in the West, then Augustine’s Confessions and City of God are must reads. Many long and complex theological discussions on predestination, original sin, and salvation of unbaptized infants are rooted in ideas that Augustine wrestled over in writings concerning the errors perpetuated by Pelagius.