Week 7 Introduction There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and piety.

Week 7 Day 2 And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so. And

Week 7 Day 3 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said,

Week 7 Day 4 And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was

Week 7 Day 5 And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.” So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their

Week 7 Day 6 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to

Week 7 Day 7 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on

"Being man has a particular cohesion between its parts, which makes it stable from a physical point of view. It is not disintegrated, but rather it is a congregation of parts together. The idea of ​​the 'organism' expresses the internal order of the parts: this means that the

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Our first ever volume of collected essays is out! It includes contributions from a wide variety of authors, such as Thomas Storck, LHG IHS, Gideon Lazar - The Byzantine Scotist, and many others! amazon.com/Believe-Father…

Call for papers The St. Basil Institute is joining Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center in hosting a symposium on the theology of creation. Join us, John Bergsma, Jared Goff, and many others on June 6-7, 2025. Abstracts should be 300-600 words. stbasilinstitute.org/symposium-2025/

The Creation Theology Fellowship St. Basil Institute for the Theology of Creation This is awesome!

This is the last week to submit an abstract for our symposium.

Come join us for a symposium and retreat in Steubenville on June 6-8. Get tickets while they are still available. stbasilinstitute.org/symposium-2025/