Traditional theology, whether in the Roman Catholic tradition or in the orthodox protestant tradition or in other similar traditions, has distinguished three basic elements of all reality: there is nature in its unelevated status (natura in puris naturalibus); there is nature elevated to the supernatural order (natura supernaturalis); and finally there is God. Even though there is a natura lapsa, the three orders remained: natural, supernatural, and divine. Theology has been busy explaining the relationship between these three orders.