Patristic Quote of the Day

So let no one think that there is anything allegorical in the works of the six days. No one can rightly say that the things pertaining to these days are symbolic, nor can one say that they were meaningless names or that other things were symbolized by their names. Rather, let us know in just what manner heaven and earth were created in the beginning.—St. Ephrem the Syrian, Commentary on Genesis 1:1