But they supposed that the gods who rule the world were either fire or wind or swift air, or the circle of the stars or violent water or the luminaries of heaven. If while delighting in their beauty men assumed them to be gods, let them know how much better than these things is their Lord, for the Creator of beauty created them; & if they were amazed at their power & working, let them understand from them how much more powerful than these is He who made them. For from the greatness & beauty of created things the Creator is seen by analogy. (Wis 13:2-5 OSB)