Wisdom 7:18 (WEB)
the beginning, end, and middle of times; the alternations of the solstices and the changes of seasons;
Catechism · 2
I Believe in God
“God, who alone made heaven and earth, can alone impart true knowledge of every created thing in relation to himself.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Ps 115:15; Wis 7:17-21.
The Creator
“With Solomon they can say: "It is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements. . . for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me."” — Catechism footnote: Wis 7: 17-22.
Fathers and councils · 3
Gregory of Nyssa
“…as the nature that is in the creation, as the phrase of the most excellent Wisdom somewhere tells us, exhibits “the beginning, ending, and midst of the times” in itself, and extends concurrently with all temporal intervals, we take as a sort of characteristic of the subject this property, that in it we see some…” — editor's note: Wisd. vii. 18.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“…the force of winds, and the reasonings of men, the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots, and all such things as are hid and open I have learnt.”” — editor's note: Wis. vii. 17–21.
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Clement of Alexandria
“The disciple of wisdom foreknows signs and omens, and the issues of seasons and of times.”” — editor's note: Wisd. vii. 17, 18.
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Cross-references · 15
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.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.8.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.5.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.8.
Cited together in Catechism §216.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.5.