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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 17:29

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Acts 17:29 (WEB)

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

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  • §287Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va

    “Beyond the natural knowledge that every man can have of the Creator,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 17:24-29; Rom 1:19-20.

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  • “And when he had thus approached them with their own authorities, which they could not reject, thus confirming the truth by things false, he added and said: “Since then we are the offspring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold or silver or stone sculptured by the art and device of man.”” — editor's note: Acts xvii. 23, 29.

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