[7]ForstrangerepresentationsoftheCreatorandofthecreationbyone，two，orthreepersonsoftheTrinity，seeDidron，IconographieChretienne，pp。35，178，224，483，567-580，andelsewhere；alsoDetzelasalreadycited。Themostnaiveofallsurvivalsofthemediaevalideaofcreationwhichthepresentwriterhaseverseenwasexhibitedin1894onthebannerofoneoftheguildsatthecelebrationofthefour-hundredthanniversaryofthefoundingoftheMunichCathedral。JesusofNazareth，asabeautifulboyandwithanimbusencirclinghishead，wasshownturningandshapingtheglobeonalathe，whichhekeepsinmotionwithhisfoot。TheemblemsofthePassionareabouthim，GodtheFatherlookingapprovinglyuponhimfromacloud，andthedovehoveringbetweenthetwo。Thedateuponthebannerwas1727。
Buttothesediscussionswasaddedyetanother，which，beginningintheearlydaysoftheChurch，washandeddowntheagesuntilithaddiedoutamongthetheologiansofourowntime。
Inthefirstofthebiblicalaccountslightiscreatedandthedistinctionbetweendayandnighttherebymadeonthefirstday，whilethesunandmoonarenotcreateduntilthefourthday。
Massesofprofoundtheologicalandpseudo-scientificreasoninghavebeendevelopedtoaccountforthis——massessogreatthatforagestheyhaveobscuredthesimplefactthattheoriginaltextisapreciousrevelationtousofoneofthemostancientofrecordedbeliefs——thebeliefthatlightanddarknessareentitiesindependentoftheheavenlybodies，andthatthesun，moon，andstarsexistnotmerelytoincreaselightbutto“dividethedayfromthenight，tobeforsignsandforseasons，andfordaysandforyears。”and“torulethedayandthenight。”
Ofthisbeliefwefindsurvivalsamongtheearlyfathers，andespeciallyinSt。Ambrose。Inhisworkoncreationhetellsus：