Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Wisdom of Solomon 14:3
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 501, footnote 6 (Image)
Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria
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Chapter XI.—The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music. (HTML)
Again, on the other hand, we may hear: “For in His hand, that is, in His power and wisdom, are both we and our words, and all wisdom and skill in works; for God loves nothing but the man that dwells with wisdom.” And again, they have not read what is said by Solomon; for, treating of the construction of the temple, he says expressly, “And it was Wisdom as artificer that framed it; and Thy providence, O Father, governs throughout.”[Wisdom of Solomon 14:2-3] And how irrational, to regard philosophy as inferior to architecture and shipbuilding! And the Lord fed the multitude of those that reclined on the grass opposite to Tiberias with the two fishes and the five barley loaves, indicating the preparatory training of the Greeks and Jews ...