The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on NatureJudith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald World Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 164 pages With a profound vision of the sacred quality of creation, this collection of beautiful photographs of the natural world combined with commentaries by a host of Christian sages of all denominations, from the origins of Christianity through the 19th century, provides answers to how we should view the relationship between the Creator and creation as well as understand how the divine activity permeates the entire universe. |
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... creatures aside , but gathers together in his love the whole cosmos disordered by sin , that it may be transfigured by grace . Maximus the Confessor ( 580-662 ) Noth othing can be got out of a thing which is not in it . Therefore every ...
... creatures aside , but gathers together in his love the whole cosmos disordered by sin , that it may be transfigured by grace . Maximus the Confessor ( 580-662 ) Noth othing can be got out of a thing which is not in it . Therefore every ...
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... creatures , carrying in themselves as they do the trace and image of God , help us toward the knowl- edge of God . Albert the Great ( 1193-1280 ) e magnifies the Lord who observes with a keen un- derstanding and most profound ...
... creatures , carrying in themselves as they do the trace and image of God , help us toward the knowl- edge of God . Albert the Great ( 1193-1280 ) e magnifies the Lord who observes with a keen un- derstanding and most profound ...
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... creatures and the book of Scriptures . Of the two books which have been given to him man has possessed the book of nature from the beginning . Ramon Sibiude ( ca. 1378-1438 ) he continuous shining of the sun is required for the.
... creatures and the book of Scriptures . Of the two books which have been given to him man has possessed the book of nature from the beginning . Ramon Sibiude ( ca. 1378-1438 ) he continuous shining of the sun is required for the.
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... creature alone , He produced many and diverse creatures , that what was wanting in one representation of the Divine Goodness might be supplied by another . For goodness , which in God is simple and uniform , in creatures is manifold and ...
... creature alone , He produced many and diverse creatures , that what was wanting in one representation of the Divine Goodness might be supplied by another . For goodness , which in God is simple and uniform , in creatures is manifold and ...
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... creature . Wherever they are , it is there . He moves about the smallest blades of grass as well as above the mighty cedar . The ... creatures would belong by nature to God .... Man is animal in his body , but his soul originated in the ...
... creature . Wherever they are , it is there . He moves about the smallest blades of grass as well as above the mighty cedar . The ... creatures would belong by nature to God .... Man is animal in his body , but his soul originated in the ...
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animals Augustine of Hippo beasts beauty behold birds blessed century Christians on Nature contemplation cosmos created things creatures current environmental crisis divine emotional pain essence eternal everything eyes faith firmament flowers Francis of Assisi fruit Genesis glorify glory God's grass Gregory of Nyssa heart heaven and earth Henry David Thoreau Hildegard of Bingen Holy human Indian infinite inspiration Jacob Boehme Jean-Pierre de Caussade John Calvin John Chryssavgis John Damascene John Scotus Eriugena Judith Fitzgerald live Lord manifest Martin Luther Maximus the Confessor Michael Fitzgerald Michael Oren Fitzgerald mind natural world Perennial Philosophy pollute the land praise Ralph Waldo Emerson reason religion replenish the earth Sacred Worlds series sages scientism Scripture seed Sermon shine soul stars thee Therese of Lisieux Thomas Aquinas thou trees truth uncreated understand unto visible world voice waters whole universe wilderness wonder woods Word World Wisdom writings