Thanksgiving as Confession of Wonders
Of confession: there is no lamentation when the passage and haste toward the house of God occurs, but rather a rejoicing. For Abraham thus 'rejoiced in order to see my day, and having seen, he rejoiced' (John 8:51). He saw the day of the Lord by arriving into his house, into perfect faith.
The name of confession in the Scriptures signifies two things, so I will not speak of a third meaning. The public disclosure regarding sins is called confession, as if one says: 'having been gathered to confess concerning your sins.' This is found in the Epistle of Barnabas, in the epistle according to him: 'having been gathered to confess concerning your sins.' And again: 'confess your sins to one another' (James 5:16). 'I made my sin known to you, and my lawlessness I did not cover; I said, I will disclose my lawlessness to myself before the Lord' (Psalm 32:5). One confesses while wailing and stripping off his former sins.
It also signifies thanksgiving, as if the Savior says: 'I will confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden the divine things from the wise and understanding, and have revealed them to infants' (Matthew 11:25). He does not give thanks for the fact that 'the divine things are hidden from the wise and understanding,' but for the fact that those who are infants have been enabled to see them revealed. These are the ones from the Gentiles who have believed, whereas the wise and the understanding, from whom the divine things are hidden, are those of the circumcision.
Fragmentary He cried this out: 'How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? For in vain you were born...' Fragmentary 'The wise were shamed and called upon, because they rejected the word of the Lord.' Since they themselves rejected it, the Scripture became in vain to them. For because of the... Fragmentary It is said that, when the letters were first being taken, they were found in small scraps; again, they did it with tablets. And since they understood that those written on tablets... Fragmentary so that they might have various tools for writing these things. Therefore, 'the wise were shamed and were deceived, because they rejected the word of the Lord; what kind of wisdom is in them?' For how... Fragmentary those who reject...
How do you hear the word of the Lord? Thanksgiving, therefore, is manifested through confession. And: 'Let us confess to you, O God; let us confess to you, all peoples. I will recount all your wonders when I take my portion' (Ps 105:45). The one who confesses by recounting the wonders is praising God, not regarding his own sins.
And again: 'I will confess to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will recount all your wonders; I shall be glad and shall rejoice in you' (Ps 9:1). And a third time this is said: often the harmony and the thing joined... 'I will clothe myself in confession and majesty' (Ps 32:1). There is nothing in you... that of virtue which envies your majesty. And again: 'Confession and beauty before him' (Ps 32:1).
Again here the harmony... you do not take confession here as the disclosure of sins... remaining in harmony. The voice of those celebrating this is... having become it by voice, but their cry is this: to confess... 'The voice of rejoicing and confession, the tabernacles of the righteous' (Ps 135:4); in those making progress, 'the voice of rejoicing and confession' is, for they were freed from wickedness.
And it is also possible that 'in the tabernacles of the righteous'... when they look up at them and enslave them, when the temples of him... 'Why are you dejected, my soul, and why are you disturbed?' (Ps 42:5)... until someone reaches the house of God. And you, O soul, having remembered... and saying: 'Where is your God?' do not be dejected, do not be disturbed... become. You are able also to receive the angels who are 'celebrating'... 'but you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the festival of myriads of angels' (Heb 12:22). 'Why are you dejected and why are you disturbed?' You have ready the...
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ἐξομολογήσεως". οὐκ ἔνι θρῆνος, ὅτε̣ ἡ δια´̣βασις καὶ σπουδὴ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον γίνεται τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀγαλ λίασις. ὁ "Ἀβραὰμ" γοῦν̣ οὕτ̣ω̣ς̣ "ἠγαλλιάσατο ἵνα ἴδῃ τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἐμήν, καὶ ἰδὼν ἐχάρη". εἶδεν δὲ τὴν ἡμέραν τ̣οῦ κ̣υρίου εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ φ̣θ̣άσας, εἰς τὴν π̣ίστιν τὴν τελείαν. τὸ τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως ὄνομα ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς δύο̣ σημαίνει, ἵνα μὴ εἴπω καὶ τρίτον σημαινόμενον. τὴν ἐξαγόρευσιν τὴν ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαις καλεῖ ἐξομολόγησιν, ὡς ε᾿̣ὰν λέγῃ· "συναγαγὼν ἐξομολόγησαι ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαις σου". τοῦτο οὖν ἐν τῷ Βαρναβᾷ κεῖται, ἐν τῇ κατ' αὐτὸν ἐπιστολῇ· "συναγαγὼν ἐξομολόγησαι ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαις σου". καὶ πάλιν· "ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἀλλήλοις τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν". "τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου ἐγνώρισά σοι καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου οὐκ ἐκάλυψα· εἶπα Ἐξαγορεύσω κατ' ἐμοῦ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου τῷ κυρίῳ". ἐξομολογεῖται ἀποκλαιόμενος καὶ ἀποδυρόμενος τὰ πρότερα ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτήματα. δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τὴν εὐχαριστίαν, ὡς ἐὰν λέγῃ ὁ σωτήρ· "ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, πάτερ, κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἔκρυψας τὰ θεῖα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις". οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτῳ εὐχαριστεῖ ε᾿̣πὶ τῷ κεκρύφθαι "τὰ θεῖα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν", ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ τῷ οἰηθέντ̣ων ἰδ̣εῖν ἐκείνων ἀποκεκαλύφθαι αὐτὰ τοῖς νηπίοις. οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν πιστε̣ύσαντες, οἱ δε`̣ σοφοὶ καὶ οἱ συνετοί, ἀφ' ὧν κέκρυπται τὰ θεῖα, οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς εἰσιν ····· ········· ····· ···· ἐφώνησεν τ̣οῦτο· "πῶς ἐρεῖτε ὅτι Σοφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ νό μος κυρίου ἐστὶν μεθ' ἡμῶν; εἰς μάτην ἐγενήθη πλο· ···· καὶ π···ε̣ν̣ων γραμματεύς α . ᾐσχύνθησαν σοφοὶ καὶ ἐνεκάλεσαν, ἐπεὶ τὸν λόγον κυρίου ἀπεδοκίμασαν". ἐπεὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπεδοκίμασαν, ἡ γραφὴ αὐτοῖς ματαία γέγονεν. διὰ γὰρ τῆς ····· ····· ····· ····· ··η γέγονεν. λέγεται δὲ ὅτι, ὅτε τὰ γράμματα ἀρχὴν ἐλάμβανεν, ἐν σχοιναρίοις ····· ····· ····· · εὑρι´̣σκοντο, πάλιν̣ αὐτὸ μετὰ γραφίδων ἐποίουν. καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὰ ἐν δέλτοις γραφόμενα ····· ····· ····· ἐπεν̣όησαν, ὅπως τὰ διάφορα ἐργαλεῖα ἔχωσιν καταγράφοντα ταῦτα. "ᾐσχύνθησαν" οὖν "σοφοὶ καὶ ἐπτοήθησαν, ὅτι τὸν λόγον κυρίου ἀπεδοκίμασαν· σοφία τίς ἐστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς"; πῶς γὰρ ····· ····· ····· ····· · τοὺς ἀποδοκιμάσαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου; ἡ εὐχαριστία οὖν δηλοῦται διὰ τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως. καί· "ἐξομολογησ̣ω´̣μεθά σοι, ὁ θεός, ἐξομολογησώμεθά σοι λαοὶ πάντες. διηγήσομαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, ὅταν λάβω και301 ρόν". ὁ ἐπὶ διηγήσει τῶν θαυμασίων ἐξομολογούμενος ἀνθομολογεῖται οὐκ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαις ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ πάλιν· "ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, κύριε, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου, διηγήσομαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσιά σου· εὐφρανθήσομαι καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐν σοί". καὶ 210 ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· καὶ τρίτον τοῦτο λέγεται· πολλάκις ἡ συμφωνία καὶ ἡ ἡρμοσμένη ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· "ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ μεγαλοπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσω". οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸ φθάνον εἰς τὴν μεγαλοπρέπειάν σου. καὶ πάλιν ····· ····· ····· ···· "ἐξομολόγησις καὶ ὡραιότης ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ". πάλιν ὧδε τὴν συμφωνία̣ν ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· ἐξομολογήσεως οὐ λαμβάνεις ὧδε τὴν ἐξαγόρευσιν τῶν ἁμα̣ρ̣τιῶν ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·μένην συμφωνίᾳ. ἡ φωνὴ τῶν ἑορταζόντων τοῦτό ἐστιν· τ̣····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· γεγωνῷ τῇ φωνῇ, ἀλλ' ἡ κραυγὴ αὐτῶν αὕτη ἐστὶν τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι ····· ····· ··· "φωνὴ ἀγαλλιάσεως καὶ ἐξομολογήσεως αἱ σκηναὶ δικαίων"· ἐν τοῖς προκόπτουσιν "φωνὴ ἀγαλλιάσεως καὶ ἐξομολογήσεώς" ἐστιν· ἀπηλλάγησαν γὰρ τῆς κακίας. δυνατὸν δὲ καὶ τὸ "ἐν σκηναῖς δικαίων" ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ὅταν ὑπωπιάσουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ δουλαγωγήσουσιν, ὅταν ναοὶ αὐτ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· 6 ἵνα τί περίλυπος εἶ, ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἵνα τί συνταράσσεις με· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· ἕως φθάσῃ τις εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ. σὺ δέ, ὦ ψυχή, μνησθεῖσα ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· καὶ λέγοντας· "ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεός σου"; μὴ περίλυπος ἔσο, μὴ συντάρασσέ με ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· · γενοῦ. δύνασαι καὶ ἀγγέλους λαβεῖν τοὺς "3ἑορτάζοντας"3 πα····· ····· ····· ····· ·· "ἀλλὰ προσεληλύθατε Σιὼν ὄρει καὶ πόλει θεοῦ ζῶντος, Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐπουρανίῳ, καὶ μυριάσιν ἀγγέλων πανηγύρει". "ἵνα τί περίλυπος εἶ καὶ ἵνα τί συνταράσσεις με;" ἔχεις ἕτοιμον τὸν
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Didymus the Blind on the Psalms.
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