This truth of the simultaneous creation of mind and matter, as stated in line 29. ↩

The opinion of St. Jerome and other Fathers of the Church, that the Angels were created long ages before the rest of the universe, is refuted by Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica , I Quaest. LXI 3. ↩

That the Intelligences or Motors of the heavens should be so long without any heavens to move. ↩