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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... whole , they express the inner unanimity , trans- forming radiance , and irreplaceable values of the great spiritual traditions . The Sermon of All Creation : Christians on Nature appears as one of our selections in the Sacred Worlds ...
... whole , they express the inner unanimity , trans- forming radiance , and irreplaceable values of the great spiritual traditions . The Sermon of All Creation : Christians on Nature appears as one of our selections in the Sacred Worlds ...
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... whole world . Notice .. how they preach to you a sermon full of love , of praise of God , and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being . Paul of the Cross ( 1694-1775 ) he invisible ...
... whole world . Notice .. how they preach to you a sermon full of love , of praise of God , and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being . Paul of the Cross ( 1694-1775 ) he invisible ...
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... whole of the universe .... In his way to union with God , man in no way leaves 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 ...
... whole of the universe .... In his way to union with God , man in no way leaves 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 ...
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... whole wildemes seems to be and familiar . he whole wilderness seems to be alive and familiar , full of humanity . The very stones seem talkative , sympathetic , brotherly . No wonder when we consider that we all have the same Father and ...
... whole wildemes seems to be and familiar . he whole wilderness seems to be alive and familiar , full of humanity . The very stones seem talkative , sympathetic , brotherly . No wonder when we consider that we all have the same Father and ...
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... whole universe together participates in the Divine Goodness more perfectly , and represents it better than any single creature whatever . Thomas Aquinas ( ca. 1225-1274 ) The activity permeates the whole universe . It he divine. The ...
... whole universe together participates in the Divine Goodness more perfectly , and represents it better than any single creature whatever . Thomas Aquinas ( ca. 1225-1274 ) The activity permeates the whole universe . It he divine. The ...
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