The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on NatureJudith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald World Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 164 páginas 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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... earth , struggling - albeit imperfectly and incompletely - to retain the connections between a flower in the fields , a ray of sunlight , and the glory of God . That is how they understood the sense of beauty . And that is how they ...
... earth , struggling - albeit imperfectly and incompletely - to retain the connections between a flower in the fields , a ray of sunlight , and the glory of God . That is how they understood the sense of beauty . And that is how they ...
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... turn outside ourselves — to other human beings living in stark poverty and unacceptable conditions ( even among us ! ) , to other societies affected by our unequal and unfair consumption of the earth's viii The Sermon of All Creation.
... turn outside ourselves — to other human beings living in stark poverty and unacceptable conditions ( even among us ! ) , to other societies affected by our unequal and unfair consumption of the earth's viii The Sermon of All Creation.
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... earth's resources , or to other geographical regions depleted by social and economic injustice or devastated by warfare . Then we might just anticipate a more personal response to the plight of our waters , of our forests , and of our ...
... earth's resources , or to other geographical regions depleted by social and economic injustice or devastated by warfare . Then we might just anticipate a more personal response to the plight of our waters , of our forests , and of our ...
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... earth , " 1 the Bible goes on to add , “ And God said , ' Be fruitful and multiply , and replenish the earth , and subdue it .... ' " ( emphasis added ) . We have collected the most applicable Biblical quotations setting forth the ...
... earth , " 1 the Bible goes on to add , “ And God said , ' Be fruitful and multiply , and replenish the earth , and subdue it .... ' " ( emphasis added ) . We have collected the most applicable Biblical quotations setting forth the ...
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... earth must therefore be balanced by recognition of the corresponding responsibility placed upon all Christians , which is both collective and individual . Even if the time for society's worst environmental reckonings does not come ...
... earth must therefore be balanced by recognition of the corresponding responsibility placed upon all Christians , which is both collective and individual . Even if the time for society's worst environmental reckonings does not come ...
Términos y frases comunes
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