The Creator revealed through the heavens
The heavens are the work of one God, showing the order of things.
For just as a well-founded house shows the craftsman, and a chariot shows the driver, and a ship the pilot, so the greatness and beauty of the created things show their maker. From the magnitude of the things that have come to be, one will be overwhelmed. Not only by sense but also by intellect. For these heavens declare the glory of God (Ps 19:1), and they narrate the rational natures of things.
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··· [....................] [......................]μηπω[................................. [......................]μενου̣[.................................] [....................]α̣λογιας [.................................] [....................] τοῦ Θεοῦ [................................] [....................]τ̣α̣ι θεωρ[.................................] [....................]ενον ουκ[.................................] [.................... ἐθ]εώρουν το[................................] [....................]ˉυ οὐρανοὺς [..............................] [....................]θ̣ει̣σασθαι [...............................] [....................]εφη τὸ οψο[...............................] [....................]μον οὖν ουραν[............................] [....................]α η ἑνὸς αν[...............................] [....................] Θεοῦ ποίησιν δ[..........................] [....................]τ̣ης τάξεως υ̣[............................] 16α [....................]··· ··· ··ν· ὡς γὰρ εὖ θεμελιωθεῖσα οἰ- [..........................]· τ̣εχνίτου δείκνυσιν καὶ ἅρμα τεταγμέ- [νον .....................]····χου καὶ ναῦς τὴν κυβερνήτου, οὕτως [..................]ον φησιν ἐκ μεγέθους καὶ καλλονῆς τῶν κτισ- [μάτων ............]· ὁ γενεσιουργὸς αὐτῶν θεωρεῖται· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ [...........................]·υς τῶν γενομένων τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τοῦ [.........................]κ̣αταπλαγήσεται· τῆς γὰρ μεγάλως υ- [..........................]·ιν πέρας· οὐ μόνον αἰσθήσει ἀλλὰ καὶ [.............................]ˉοˉν οἱ δὲ οὗτοι οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὴν δόξαν [..............]·κα·οι οὗτο̣ι[...................................] [........................]γ̣α`̣ρ̣ ο῾̣ Θεοῦ [.........................] [........................]ν διηγη̣[..............................] [........................λο]γ̣ικ̣αὶ φύ[σεις .......................] [........................] στερέω[μα.........................] [........................]ν κινουμ[.............................] [........................]· τοιαστε[...........................] [........................]κειμενον τ[...........................] [..........................]ς οὐσίας καὶ [.......................] [........................]γνωσθη Θε[...........................] [........................]ς οὐ θεοι μ[...........................] [........................]ν̣τος καὶ περι[.........................] [........................]ου πνεύματος εἴρητα̣[ι .................] [........................]· τινὲς μὲν οὖ[ν .......................] [........................]α̣ρα τιθεμένοις̣ [.......................] [........................]εται ὡς ετερ[.........................] 17 ο··· ··· ··· ·· τοῖς προειρημένοις ἐκλημπτέον· οὐ γὰρ προφορικῷ χρώμενος λόγῳ λέγει· ἕπεται̣ γ̣ὰρ τῷ χρωμένῳ προ- φορ̣ι̣κ̣ῷ τὸ καὶ ἐνδιάθετον ἔχειν, τοῦ δὲ συνθέτου ἐστὶν εκτε·· ος ··· ··· ··· ··· τὸν ἐνδιάθετον λόγον [··]·εσω ···ακολου [···]····[··]····ναι ο δε [····]αρ ····· [····]·πλους καὶ τὰ παν [··· ··· ··]·διο ου χρησ[··· ···]····[··· ····]·ε··[···]···· [··· ··· ··]··· επιβαλλ···· [·]···· [··· ····]ασκ·[····]···[·] [··· ··· ··] ···· [··] εκ··· ολ[··]·[............................] [··· ··· ··]···· [......] βουλ[···]·[..........................] [··· ··· ··]···· [......] ···· [................................] [··]··· ··ο[....] ·· [....] ··· [.................................] [··]·ε···· [....] ·· [....] ··· 5 [.................................] ··· ··· ·· [....] ··· [....] επι[.............................]νη ··· ··· ·· [....] ··· [....] ··· [............................]ε·ε ··· ··· ·· [....] ··· [....] ··· [.........................] ···· εγ̣ε̣νετο·· [....] ··· [....] ·· [............................]·στερε ··· ··· θελ[....] ··· ··· ···· [...........................]υεμμε σω των υδατω[···] ·· [···] ··· [..........................]·τερον ··· ··· ··· ·· [...] ·· [...] ···· [.........................] την ··ροτεραν [....]· [....] ···· [............................]υμενον ··· ··· ···ου [....] ··· ··· ··· [......................]···ε·ι·ε ··· ··· ··με· [....] ··· ···· [.............................]ετων δια···ν ··· ··· [..] ···· [.................................]ηλογι κε ···· ω·ο·α··· [..] ···η·· [..........................]λλα προς ····και οι
About this text
Didymus the Blind reads the creation account verse by verse, finding Christ and the Spirit in Genesis.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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