Beauty as Profession

01/01/2012

“Question the beauty of the earth, question the beauty of the sea, question the beauty of the air distending and diffusing itself, question the beauty of the sky … question all these realities. All respond: “See, we are beautiful.” Their beauty is a profession. These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?

The Explanation, then, of the goodness of creation is the goodness of God. It puts an end to all controversies concerning the origin of the world…The heretics mention, for example, fire, cold, wild beasts and things like that, without considering how wonderful such things are in themselves and in their proper place, and how beautifully they fit into the total pattern of the universe, making their particular contributions to the commonwealth of cosmic beauty.”

St. Augustine
The City of God 11.22

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