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Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
St John of Damascus, NPNF II.9
Book 2, 5. Concerning the Visible Creation
Our God Himself, Whom we glorify as Three in One, created the heaven and the earth and all that they contain1, and brought all things out of nothing into being: some He made out of no pre-existing basis of matter, such as heaven, earth, air, fire, water: and the rest out of these elements that He had created, such as living creatures, plants, seeds. For these are made up of earth, and water, and air, and fire, at the bidding of the Creator.
Notes
- Ps. cxlvi. 6.