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• ST. BASIL VOLUME 8. (330 - 379 A.D.)
And the evening and the morning were one day. Why does Scripture say "one day the first day"? Before speaking to us of the second, the third, and the fourth days, would it not have been more natural to call that one the first which began the series? If it therefore says "one day," it is from a wish to determine the measure of day and night, and to combine the time that they contain. Now Twenty-Four Hours Fill Up The Space Of One Day--we mean of a day and of a night; and if, at the time of the solstices, they have not both an equal length, the time marked by Scripture does not the less circumscribe their duration. It is as though it said: Now Twenty-Four Hours Fill Up The Space Of One Day, or that, In Reality A Day Is The Time That The Heavens Starting From One Point Take To Return There. Thus, every time that, In The Revolution Of The Sun, evening and morning occupy the world, their periodical succession never exceeds the space of one day.
• THE BOOK OF ST. BASIL ON THE SPIRIT HOMILY II pp. 64-65 (330 A.D. - 379 A.D)
Hexaemeron (Homily 2)
#8 from this site:
CHURCH FATHERS: Hexaemeron, Homily II (Basil)
• St. Ephraim the Syrian (306-373 A.D.)
“No one should think that the Creation of Six Days is an allegory"
*St. Ephraim the Syrian* / Commentary on Genesis Ch.1
• THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS (61 A.D.)
The Sabbath is mentioned at the beginning of the creation: "And God made in six days the works of His hands, and made an end on the seventh day, and rested on it, and sanctified it." Attend, my children, to the meaning of this expression, "He finished in six days." This implieth that the Lord will finish all things in six thousand years, for a day is with Him a thousand years. And He Himself testifieth, saying, "Behold, to-day will be as a thousand years." Therefore, my children, in six days, that is, in Six Thousand Years, all things will be finished.
THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS
• IRENAEUS AGAINST HERESIES BOOK 5 p. 557 (140-202 A.D.)
For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: "Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works." This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that They Will Come To An End At The Sixth Thousand Year.
Early Church Fathers Believed in Young Earth Recent Creation
And the evening and the morning were one day. Why does Scripture say "one day the first day"? Before speaking to us of the second, the third, and the fourth days, would it not have been more natural to call that one the first which began the series? If it therefore says "one day," it is from a wish to determine the measure of day and night, and to combine the time that they contain. Now Twenty-Four Hours Fill Up The Space Of One Day--we mean of a day and of a night; and if, at the time of the solstices, they have not both an equal length, the time marked by Scripture does not the less circumscribe their duration. It is as though it said: Now Twenty-Four Hours Fill Up The Space Of One Day, or that, In Reality A Day Is The Time That The Heavens Starting From One Point Take To Return There. Thus, every time that, In The Revolution Of The Sun, evening and morning occupy the world, their periodical succession never exceeds the space of one day.
• THE BOOK OF ST. BASIL ON THE SPIRIT HOMILY II pp. 64-65 (330 A.D. - 379 A.D)
Hexaemeron (Homily 2)
#8 from this site:
CHURCH FATHERS: Hexaemeron, Homily II (Basil)
• St. Ephraim the Syrian (306-373 A.D.)
“No one should think that the Creation of Six Days is an allegory"
*St. Ephraim the Syrian* / Commentary on Genesis Ch.1
• THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS (61 A.D.)
The Sabbath is mentioned at the beginning of the creation: "And God made in six days the works of His hands, and made an end on the seventh day, and rested on it, and sanctified it." Attend, my children, to the meaning of this expression, "He finished in six days." This implieth that the Lord will finish all things in six thousand years, for a day is with Him a thousand years. And He Himself testifieth, saying, "Behold, to-day will be as a thousand years." Therefore, my children, in six days, that is, in Six Thousand Years, all things will be finished.
THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS
• IRENAEUS AGAINST HERESIES BOOK 5 p. 557 (140-202 A.D.)
For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: "Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works." This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that They Will Come To An End At The Sixth Thousand Year.
Early Church Fathers Believed in Young Earth Recent Creation
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