1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Genesis 1:2 | *And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved over the waters. Acts 14:14.; Acts 17:24.; Psalm 32:6.; Psalm 135:5.; Ecclesiasticus 18:1. | Spirit of God, giving life, vigour, and motion to things, and preparing the waters for the sacred office of baptism, in which, by the institution of Jesus Christ, we must be born again; and, like spiritual fishes, swim amid the tempestuous billows of this world. (V. Tert.[See Tertullian?], etc.) (Worthington) (Haydock)---This Spirit is what the Pagan philosophers styled the Soul of the World. (Calmet) --- If we compare their writings with the books of Moses and the prophets, we shall find that they agree in many points. See Grotius. (Haydock) |