“Whence does it appear, he would say, that God made these things? Reason does not suggest it; no one was present when it was done. Whence is it shown? It is plainly the result of faith. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were made." Why "through faith"? Because "the things that are seen were not made of thing…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Hebrews 22
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3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
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1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
— Hebrews 11:3 —
4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.