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I was just reading something about university mottoes, and Oxford's is "Dominus Illuminatio Mea", from Psalm 27.
Wikipedia quotes an article by Ivan Illich which reads in part:
>"To interpret De oculo morali, the relationship of things to God "who is light" must be understood. This is the century [i.e., the thirteenth century] suffused by the idea that the world rests in God's hands, that it is contingent on Him. This means that at every instant everything derives its existence from his continued creative act. Things radiate by virtue of their constant dependence on this creative act. They are alight by the God-derived luminescence of their truth."
Where could I find out more about the "continued creative act" and the idea that all of existence continuing depends on an act (and goodwill, I assume) on God's part? Is there anything about this idea in Scripture maybe?
Wikipedia quotes an article by Ivan Illich which reads in part:
>"To interpret De oculo morali, the relationship of things to God "who is light" must be understood. This is the century [i.e., the thirteenth century] suffused by the idea that the world rests in God's hands, that it is contingent on Him. This means that at every instant everything derives its existence from his continued creative act. Things radiate by virtue of their constant dependence on this creative act. They are alight by the God-derived luminescence of their truth."
Where could I find out more about the "continued creative act" and the idea that all of existence continuing depends on an act (and goodwill, I assume) on God's part? Is there anything about this idea in Scripture maybe?
