Genesis 1:2
Douay-Rheims
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
Augustine of Hippo
The earth was invisible and unorganized, and darkness was over the abyss. Formlessness is suggested by these words, so that we might grasp the meaning by degrees, for we are unable to think cognitively about an absolute privation of form that still does not go as far as nothing. From this, another visible and organized heaven and earth were to be made.
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A.D. 430 · on Gen 1:2 (Confessions 12.15)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.