Bible Encyclopedia: The Moon: Called the Lesser Light

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Concerning Light, Fire, the Luminaries, Sun, Moon and Stars.
... the inner one will be found to be the lesser: and so ... years an extra day is completed,
which is called bis-sextile ... The years of the moon, on the other hand, have ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning light fire the.htm

On Incorporeal and Corporeal Beings.
... In the writings of Jeremiah, indeed, the moon is called the queen ... God made two great
lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter vii on incorporeal and corporeal.htm

Of the Lights and Stars of Heaven --Of Day and Night, Ver. 14
... by the same Spirit, as if the lesser light; [1307] to ... contented with the light of
the moon and stars ... Those ready for strong meat were called "illuminated" (see p ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xviii of the lights and.htm

How the Abbot Ceolfrid Sent Master-Builders to the King of the ...
... light to begin the day, and the lesser to begin ... equinox, the aforesaid reason proves
that such moon is not to ... month of the year, which is also called the month ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxi how the abbot.htm

Of the Errors of Certain Philosophers, and of the Sun and Moon.
... what shall we think of those lesser [463] ones ... affection of pity, which is truly
called humanity, by ... Therefore these lunatics have another moon, to hold forth ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xxiii of the errors of.htm

The Story of Creation
... And God called the dry land Earth and the waters that ... the two great lights (the sun
and the moon): the greater to rule the day and the lesser to rule ...
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Innocent iii
... used the figures of the sun and moon to illustrate ... light to rule the day and the
lesser light to rule ... firmament of the universal Church, which is called by the ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter ix innocent iii.htm

Natural Science and Theological Science.
... and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because ... as when it is said that
the Sun, Moon, and Stars ... light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/sermon ii natural science and.htm

On the Creation of the World
... lights in the heaven, the greater and the lesser, that the ... 2197] "the lights of the
sun and moon and He ... of the truth why the fourth day is called the Tetras ...
/.../victorinus/on the creation of the world/on the creation of the.htm

Innocent the Third (Ad 1198-1216)
... carried out this further by saying that, as the lesser light (the moon) borrows
of ... France and in England, Innocent made use of what was called an interdict ...
/.../chapter xiii innocent the third.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Moon

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Moon: Darkening of

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Moon: Feast of the New Moon: Traffic at the Time of, Prohibited

Moon: Its Influences

Moon: Its Light

Moon: Joseph's Dream Concerning

Moon: No Light of, in Heaven

Moon: Seasons of (Months)

Moon: Shining of