Bible Encyclopedia: The Sun: Called the Greater Light

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Concerning Light, Fire, the Luminaries, Sun, Moon and Stars.
... of light from the air that God called darkness: and ... in the heaven over the earth
but the sun conceals both the stars and the moon by the greater brilliance of ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning light fire the.htm

Christ as Light; How He, and How his Disciples are the Light of ...
... And as when the sun is shining the moon and the ... that they have no need even of the
greater powers when ... everything that is not true can correctly be called false ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/24 christ as light how.htm

'A Greater than Solomon'
... by self-indulgence, is Jesus, 'the Sun of righteousness ... is the 'wisdom' which was
traditionally called the 'wisdom ... Jesus is greater, as the light is more than ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/a greater than solomon.htm

How the Abbot Ceolfrid Sent Master-Builders to the King of the ...
... Or, as another edition has it, The greater light to begin ... of His Passion, He wished
this to be called the Lord's day ... equinox, to the end, that the sun may first ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxi how the abbot.htm

"But if we Walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have ...
... in the Lord, this is that we are called unto, to ... the splendour, which is the second
light of the sun. ... upon God." Truly, there could be no greater evidence of ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xiv but if we.htm

Edwards -- Spiritual Light
... speculative faculty, or the understanding, strictly so called, or as ... the earth, when
the light of the sun is cast upon them, is under greater advantage to ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 3/edwards spiritual light.htm

Innocent the Third (Ad 1198-1216)
... that, as the lesser light (the moon) borrows of the greater light (the sun), so
the royal ... and in England, Innocent made use of what was called an interdict ...
/.../chapter xiii innocent the third.htm

Concerning the Same.
... of the rational and the wise, He is called both reason ... the holy than the unholy:
for they have greater part in Him ... So then, sun and light will be more apt names ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xii concerning the same.htm

"This Then is the Message which we have Heard of Him, and Declare ...
... not subject to changes and alterations, therefore called immutable ... But yet, as to
us, it hath greater glory and ... of light and knowledge, like the sun, from whom ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon x this then is.htm

Heralds of the Morning.
... be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called My Delight ... previous to their fulfilment:
"The sun shall be ... light already given, will receive greater light; to that ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /17 heralds of the morning.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

Sun

Sun Gate

Sun: Created

Sun: Diurnal Motion of

Sun: Does not Shine in Heaven

Sun: Figurative

Sun: Kings of Judah Dedicate Horses To

Sun: Miracles Concerning: Darkening of

Sun: Rising and Setting of

Sun: Shadow of Went Back on the Sun-Dial of Ahaz

Sun: Stood Still