How did people of antiquity understand the structure of the universe and their place in the world? How did you imagine where they came from and where they were going? How and what has changed in the understanding of history after the advent of the New Testament books? In the first part, we will try to outline the history of the very concept of "providence" and consider how providence was understood in the oldest texts that have come down to us up to the New Testament books. In the second - consider the understanding of fishing in late antiquity and in the Middle Ages.