Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 29:7

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 83, footnote 4 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

The Hexæmeron. (HTML)

The creation of luminous bodies. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1576 (In-Text, Margin)

... the sun; but I maintain that that which we separate in thought, may be separated in reality by the Creator of nature. You cannot, moreover, separate the brightness of fire from the virtue of burning which it possesses; but God, who wished to attract His servant by a wonderful sight, set a fire in the burning bush, which displayed all the brilliancy of flame while its devouring property was dormant. It is that which the Psalmist affirms in saying “The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.”[Psalms 29:7] Thus, in the requital which awaits us after this life, a mysterious voice seems to tell us that the double nature of fire will be divided; the just will enjoy its light, and the torment of its heat will be the torture of the wicked.