So far from matter being a remedial tool in God's saving plans, the Holy Spirit empowers material things as essential instruments of Christ's divinising ministry throughout time and space in the sacraments, which the Fathers referred to as «the Mysteries». (faith.org.uk)
Furthermore, from the invention of the printing press to the wide use of radio and television, from sailing schooner to ever - faster airplanes, the applied sciences have been essential instruments in the spread of Christian witness. (religion-online.org)