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Psalm 19:2

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Psalm 19:2 (WEB)

Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

Catechism · 2

The Creator

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    “Our human understanding, which shares in the light of the divine intellect, can understand what God tells us by means of his creation, though not without great effort and only in a spirit of humility and respect before the Creator and his work.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ps 19:2-5; Job 42:3.

Heaven and Earth

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    “Finally, "heaven" refers to the saints and the "place" of the spiritual creatures, the angels, who surround God.” — Catechism footnote: Pss 115:16; 19:2; Mt 5:16.

Fathers and councils · 10

Gregory of Nyssa

  • “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge;” and after saying that the heavens and the firmament declare, and that day and that night showeth knowledge and speech, he adds to what he has said, that “there is neither speech nor language, and that their voices are not heard.”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–3 (LXX.).

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Cyril of Jerusalem

Justin Martyr

  • “In the sun has he set his habitation; and he, like a bridegroom going forth from his chamber, will rejoice as a giant to run his race: from the highest heaven is his going forth, and he returns to the highest heaven, and there is not one who shall be hidden from his heat.’ ”” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1–6.

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Augustine of Hippo

Ambrose of Milan

Leo the Great

  • “For, when the prophet says, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork: day unto day uttereth speech, and night showeth knowledge,” what is there by which the Truth does not speak to us?” — editor's note: Ps. xix. 1, 2.

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Clement of Alexandria

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