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Patristic A.D. 235 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Gen 1:6 (Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - On Genesis)

Hippolytus of Rome, on Gen 1:6

Hippolytus of Rome · c. A.D. 170–235
Gen 1:6 · Douay-Rheims
“And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
On this verse:
“On the first day God made what He made out of nothing. But on the other days He did not make out of nothing, but out of what He had made on the first day, by moulding it according to His pleasure.”
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