Teleological argument

===Late classical Christian writers===
As an appeal to [[general revelation]], [[Paul the Apostle]] (AD 5–67), argues in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] 1:18–20,<ref>{{bibleverse|Romans|1:18–20}}</ref> that because it has been made plain to all from what has been created in the world, it is obvious that there is a God.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Christian philosophy as natural theology |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |date=17 August 2023 |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115240/Christianity/67536/Christian-philosophy-as-natural-theology}}</ref>

[[Marcus Minucius Felix]] (c. late 2nd to 3rd century), an Early Christian writer, argued for the existence of God based on the analogy of an ordered house in his ''The Orders of Minucius Felix'': "Supposing you went into a house and found everything neat, orderly and well-kept, surely you would assume it had a master, and one
much better than the good things, his belongings; so in this house of the universe, when throughout
heaven and earth you see the marks of foresight, order and law, may you not assume that the lord and
author of the universe is fairer than the stars themselves or than any portions of the entire world ?"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marcus Minucius Felix |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OZqxbh23sQC&q=Marcus%20Minucius%20Felix%20ordered%20house&pg=PA359 |title=The Octavius of Minucius Felix |publisher=OrthodoxEbook |year=2010 |pages=359–361}}</ref>

[[Augustine of Hippo]] (AD 354–430) in [[The City of God]] mentioned the idea that the world's "well-ordered changes and movements", and "the fair appearance of all visible things" was evidence for the world being created, and "that it could not have been created save by God".<ref>[[Augustine of Hippo]], ''[[The City of God|City of God]]'' XI, ch. 4: "the world itself, by its well-ordered changes and movements, and by the fair appearance of all visible things, bears a testimony of its own, both that it has been created, and also that it could not have been created save by God, whose greatness and beauty are unutterable and invisible".</ref>