Wisdom 13:9 (WEB)
For if they had power to know so much, that they should be able to explore the world, how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner?
Catechism · 2
I Believe in God
“God's truth is his wisdom, which commands the whole created order and governs the world.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Wis 13:1-9.
Man's Capacity for God
“Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 1:19-20; cf., Acts 14:15, 17; 17:27-28; Wis 13:1-9.
Fathers and councils · 2
“…and the former things which they declared, who could only prevail so far as to estimate this lower world, while its lord they could by no means find out, seemed to me the more probable.” — editor's note: Wisd. xiii. 9.
Read the whole comment“These men does the Book of wisdom reprove, where it is said, “For if they were able to know so much as to aim at the world, how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?”” — editor's note: Wisd. xiii. 9.
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Catechism §32.
Cited together in Catechism §32.
Cited together in Catechism §32.
Cited together in Catechism §32 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 18.
Cited together in Catechism §32 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §32 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.