The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on NatureJudith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald 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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... body of scientific evidence that mea- sures the impact of past pollution and forecasts the consequences of maintaining current industrial practices . While these arguments 4 Numbers 35 : 29-30 , 33-34 . Regardless of one's opinions ...
... body of scientific evidence that mea- sures the impact of past pollution and forecasts the consequences of maintaining current industrial practices . While these arguments 4 Numbers 35 : 29-30 , 33-34 . Regardless of one's opinions ...
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... [ that person ] contemplates the magnificence of the Lord and , as far as it lies in him , magnifies the Lord . Basil the Great ( 329-379 ) To the body and the mind which have been cramped. 6 | The Sermon of All Creation.
... [ that person ] contemplates the magnificence of the Lord and , as far as it lies in him , magnifies the Lord . Basil the Great ( 329-379 ) To the body and the mind which have been cramped. 6 | The Sermon of All Creation.
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Christians on Nature Judith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald. To the body and the mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company , nature is medicinal and restores their tone . Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803-1882 ) The whole ...
Christians on Nature Judith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald. To the body and the mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company , nature is medicinal and restores their tone . Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803-1882 ) The whole ...
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... body , but his soul originated in the transcendental world ( hyperkosmion ) and is a superior cre- ation . Man was made paradoxically a small world ( mikrokos- mos ) in which is summarized all the rest of creation . For this reason He ...
... body , but his soul originated in the transcendental world ( hyperkosmion ) and is a superior cre- ation . Man was made paradoxically a small world ( mikrokos- mos ) in which is summarized all the rest of creation . For this reason He ...
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