Water: One of the Elements of the World

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Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
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Of the World, and Its Parts, the Elements and Seasons.
... to be forbidden the use of fire and water: for as ... Of such importance were these two
elements considered, that they ... One of these is common to us with the other ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap x of the world and.htm

Against the Platonists, who Argue from the Physical Weight of the ...
... Plato that the two greatest elements of the world, and the furthest removed from
one another, are coupled and united by the two intermediate, air and water. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 against the platonists who.htm

Whether the Cleansing of the World Will be Effected by Fire?
... wherefore the natural impurity of the elements could not ... Law ordered to be cleansed
with water; yet all ... forms whereby they are distinct from one another: and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the cleansing of the.htm

That Neither the Whole Universe nor the Elements are God, nor are ...
... neither are the fountains gods from which the water flows. ... that the heavenly fires
[172] and the other elements of the ... out of a great heap of gods one God can ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vi that neither the whole.htm

What Opinions those have Followed who have Set Divers Gods Over ...
... not four, in order that each of the elements might have ... positively affirmed that
the ether is one thing, the ... But water, whether higher or lower, is surely water ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 10 what opinions those have.htm

On the Work of the Fifth Day (One Article)
... in the power originally given to the elements of producing ... the production of birds
is ascribed to the water. ... to Objection 4: Nature passes from one extreme to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/on the work of the 3.htm

Of the Origin of the World, and the Nature of Affairs, and the ...
... masses so incalculable should be collected from such minute elements? ... see that they
were contrary to one another? ... the nature both of fire and water is derived ...
/.../a treatise on the anger of god addressed to donatus/chap x of the origin of.htm

Upon the Gathering Together of the Waters.
... the waters were gathered together unto one place, and ... Thus water has cold for its
distinguishing property; air ... applies only to the primitive elements of the ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily iv upon the gathering.htm

Monoimus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion ...
... has been produced from the Hebdomad, which is over earth, and water, and fire, and
air. And from these (elements) the world has been formed by the one tittle. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter vii monoimus on the sabbath.htm

Water Chosen as a Vehicle of Divine Operation and Wherefore Its ...
... For water is one of those things ... in that they were the seat of the Divine Spirit,
more pleasing to Him, no doubt, than all the other then existing elements. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/on baptism/chapter iii water chosen as a.htm