For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are without excuse:
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
For how can the intellect be superior to the senses, when it is these which educate it for the discovery of various truths? It is a fact, that these truths are learned by means of palpable forms; in other words, invisible things are discovered by the help of visible ones, even as the apostle tells us in his epistle: "For the invisible things of Him are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made; ".
Is guilty both of impudence and malignity: of impudence, in aspiring after a belief which is not due to him, and for which he has provided no foundation;.
); and He had offenders in those wise and prudent ones who would not seek after God, although He was to be discovered in His so many and mighty works.
and indications (of His divinity).
They are, however, His "invisible things "which, according to the apostle, "are from the creation of the world clearly seen by the things that are made;
