"Nature is not a god, but it is the first book written by the god; if people only stay on the pages, they will miss the author; but if they completely ignore the pages, they will also be unable to know the author."
— CS·Louis
Source: The Weight of Glory
Nature, author
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"In these remote mountains and valleys, the Creator has hidden so many wondrous masterpieces. Each time I discover a new species, it's as if I'm reading a new footnote of divine wisdom on an unopened page of life. Nature is not the enemy of faith, but rather a second book written by God for humankind."
— Armand David
Source: Father David's Diary
Nature, the Creator, the Book
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"In those ancient Eastern texts, we can indeed see faint glimmers of natural reason concerning the Creator. However, the light of nature can never replace the transcendent revelation from the cross. If we equate the moral doctrines of philosophers with the grace of the Gospels, then Christ's sacrifice loses its unique, redemptive, ultimate value. Faith requires us to submit to God's revelation, not to the wisdom of the ancients."
— Claude de Visdelou
Source: A Study of the Biography of Confucius and the Rites of the Confucian Temple