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What the Fathers say

Genesis 1:7

Eastern Fathers

Basil of Caesarea

Before laying hold of the meaning of Scripture let us try to meet objections from other quarters. We are asked how, if the firmament is a spherical body, as it appears to the eye, its convex circumference can contain the water which flows and circulates in higher regions? What shall we answer? One thing only: because the interior of a body presents a perfect concavity it does not necessarily follow that its exterior surface is spherical and smoothly rounded. …

The Hexaemeron, Homily 3: On the Firmament ↗