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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Therefore the philosophers expressly say that "nothing comes out of things that are not" being "sensual" (Jude 19), and trusting nothing to Faith. And yet these same men, when they happen to say anything great and noble, are caught entrusting it to Faith. For instance, that "God is without beginning, and unborn"; for reason does not suggest this, but the contrary. And consider, I beseech you, their great folly. They say that God is without beginning; and yet this is far more wonderful than the creation out of things that are not. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Since faith is reviled by those who do not understand its power, who say that it is something unproven and obviously a deception, he shows that the greatest deeds are accomplished by faith, not by reasoning. For even the fact that God created the existing from the non-existing by His word—what proof do we have of this? None at all, only faith. Thus, "by faith we understand that the ages were framed by the word of God," that is, that the ages were brought to completion by the word of God. Why by faith? …
Oecumenius
"Through faith we understand that the ages were formed." For what reason could this be demonstrated? Therefore, it is necessary to persuade oneself by faith: "so that what is seen was not brought into being from anything visible." For what word will demonstrate that those things were brought into being from what was not visible?None; but faith alone. Therefore, by faith we understand the ages to have been framed, that is, to have come into being, by the word of God. Why, by faith? …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
563. – Then (v. 3) he clarifies his thesis in detail with examples of the ancients: first, as to what they believed and taught; secondly, as to what they did (v. 4); thirdly, as to what they suffered (v. 35b). 564. – Now the doctrine of the Old Testament was twofold: one was clearly given; the other was hidden behind the veil of figures and mysteries. The first concerned the unity of God and the creation of the world; the second the mystery of the incarnation and reparation. …
Bonaventure
In the second mode, the gaze of the faithful, considering this world, attends to its origin, course, and end. For by faith we believe that the ages were fashioned by the Word of life; by faith we believe that the times of the three laws, namely of nature, of Scripture, and of grace, succeed one another and have run their course in most perfect order; by faith we believe that the world is to be brought to an end through the final judgment: perceiving in the first the power, in the second the providence, and in the third the justice of …
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