The History of the Two Worlds

CHAPTER III.

Concerning the first three days of creation.

It seems a difficult task to understand the arrangement of the days that occurred before the creation of the Sun, especially since no small difference of opinion arises among the holy Church Fathers themselves concerning the nature of those days. For Basil, Damascene, and other Greek authors original: "Græci"; referring to the Eastern Church Fathers such as St. Basil the Great and St. John of Damascus, who were influential in early Christian cosmology contend that the light created on the first day produced "day" through the emission of light, and "night" through its withdrawal, performed by the divine will. But the Doctors The "Doctors" usually refers to the authoritative theologians of the Western or Latin Church