Genesis 1:21 (WEB)
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Catechism · 2
The Creator
“Because creation comes forth from God's goodness, it shares in that goodness - "and God saw that it was good. . . very good"” — Catechism footnote: Gen 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 31.
Heaven and Earth
God himself created the visible world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine "work", concluded by the "rest" of the seventh day.
Fathers and councils · 6
Tertullian
“I blame Matter with a like censure, because out of it, evil though it be—nay, very evil—good things have been created, nay, “very good” ones: “And God saw that they were good, and God blessed them”—because, of course, of their very great goodness; certainly not because they were evil, or very evil.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 21, 22.
Read the whole comment“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 20, 21.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II
“For the general opinion of all men maintains this; and confirmation from the authority of holy Scripture is added, when it is said that “God made great whales, and every living creature that moveth which the waters brought forth after their kind.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 21: πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ζώων, Sept.
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Basil the Great
““God created great whales.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 21.
Read the whole comment“At the creation of the world, birds of the air and the fishes of the sea had the same origin; for both kinds were produced from the water.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 20 and 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…the water produced the first swimming creatures and fowl, and the earth the first buds after their kind, and the first living creatures after their kind.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 20–25
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.8.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 12.
Cited together in Hexaemeron Homily 7.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity III.8.
Cited together in Catechism §299.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.