tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10641870.post116807734723781341..comments2024-02-13T23:05:30.411+00:00Comments on An accidental blog: The book of naturestevebishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485378930192829175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10641870.post-36174982741817388002008-02-05T04:21:00.000+00:002008-02-05T04:21:00.000+00:00Oh, another point: the Bible is also a creature (i...Oh, another point: the Bible is also a creature (i.e., created thing). So the book of Scripture is actually a recursion of the Book of Nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10641870.post-42987778068361198062008-02-03T00:17:00.000+00:002008-02-03T00:17:00.000+00:00In fact the passage from Augustine is about interp...In fact the passage from Augustine is about interpreting "the world" in terms of sacred history, not natural history or natural philosophy. He is telling his listeners that the references in the psalm to mountains being moved refer to the coming of Christ and the rise of the Church. And he is telling them to look around themselves and see that the Church is indeed in the ascendant. So this does not illustrate the book of nature in the sense that the trope is usually intended. <BR/><BR/>But that leads to your question, "Why just two books?", everything in the Creation goes into the book of created things ("creaturae"), including the history of the Church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com