_rerum_ or _mundi universitas_—the universe.
_rerum natura_ or simply _natura_—creation; nature.
_haec omnia, quae videmus_—the visible world.
_totius mundi convenientia et consensus_—the perfect harmony of the
universe.
_deus mundum aedificavit, fabricatus est, effecit_ (not
_creavit_)[1]—God made the world.
_deus est mundi procreator_ (not _creator_), _aedificator, fabricator,
opifex rerum_—God is the Creator of the world.
_elementa; initia_ or _principia rerum_—the elements.
_elementa et tamquam semina rerum_—the elements and first beginnings.
_nutus et pondus_ or simply _nutus_ (_ῥοπή_)—gravity.
[1] _Creare_ is usually employed in the sense of producing,
originating, causing, e.g. _similitudo creat errorem; periculum alicui
creare_. It has, however, occasionally the meaning to create, e.g. De
Fin. _rerum quas creat natura._