If all the light of the heavenly luminaries had been contracted into one, it would have been destructive, not useful, to our sight; but being by divine wisdom distributed into sun, moon, and stars, each giving out his own proportion, it is suited to declare the […]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us … No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made […]
Instead of complaining that God has hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself. —Blaise Pascal The Harvard Classics 48:102.
Creation Reveals Enough to Condemn That brightness which is borne in upon the eyes of all men both in heaven and on earth is more than enough to withdraw all support from men’s ingratitude—just as God, to involve the human race in the same guilt, sets […]
As soon as we take upon ourselves the task of speaking about God, the question at once arises: How can we? We are men, and He is the Lord our God. There does not appear to exist such a relationship and connection between Him and us […]