Genesis 1:29 (WEB)
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
Catechism · 2
The Seventh Commandment
“In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 1:26-29.
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 · 4
Ambrose of Milan
“But we turning aside the warnings of a general utterance to our private advantage, God says: “Every tree which has in it the fruit of a tree yielding seed shall be to you for meat, and to every beast, and to every bird, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 29, 30.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Behold, Thou hast given unto us for food “every herb bearing seed,” which is upon the face of all the earth, “and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 29.
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Tertullian
“For, at the beginning indeed, it had only been the food of herbs and trees which He had assigned to man: ‘Behold, I have given you all grass fit for sowing, seeding seed, which is upon the earth; and every tree which hath in itself the fruit of seed fit for sowing shall be to you for food.’” — editor's note: Gen. i. 29.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Et cure dixit: “Dedi vobis omnia ad vescendum” et fruendum, vos nullo frui oportuit.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 29; ix. 2, 3.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.25.