Worship in Spirit and Truth
With a mind fixed on praising the Source of all things (Ps 65:1b,2). The shout is a voice of those having triumphed over those having been conquered, being sent up insignificantly so that the sound of the voice might be passed on to the utmost extent. For since, by the grace of God, through Jesus having tasted every death, the dead are raised, the devil having been destroyed—he who held the power of death—it is commanded not just a part of the earth but the whole earth to shout to God, as the righteous and unrighteous dead are being raised everywhere.
And regarding the resurrection of repentance, it is fitting for the whole earth to shout, the place being called the place of repentance for the men of the whole earth. For it is said regarding the fallen: 'Not everyone who falls is not raised' (Prov 24:16), and regarding the whole church from among the Gentiles, the Lord says: 'Arise, my neighbor, that you may stand through repentance and be with Him.' When the shout of the voice has occurred on behalf of those defeated, those having been freed from the enemies are commanded to confess to God the cause of the victory, praising Him and singing in His name; but not as they happened to be, but gloriously; for He says, 'He shall praise His glory.' And this happens when the one singing makes the praise a fitting practice; for it is fitting for the well-disposed to praise. Therefore, the unworthy is forbidden from doing this, as it is not beautiful for a beautiful mind to be in the mouth of a sinner.
It is not always necessary to take falsehood upon word and glory (Ps 65:3). For the voice itself lies even regarding the protesting of the purpose. By this meaning, the enemies of God lied, even though they were not able to withstand Him in any measure. For through the multitude of divine works being done by Jesus, a divine power being manifested in the things occurring, the Jews, wishing to hate, thought Jesus to be a mere man and were lying, saying, 'By Beelzebul, ruler of the demons, He casts out the demons,' even though the works were demonstrating that these are greater than any created thing; therefore, for their understanding, the Savior said to them: 'Do not believe me; believe the works, so that you may know what I am in the Father and the Father is in me.'
With the Savior having arrived, the shadow of the Law finally took its leave (Ps 65:4); therefore, nothing is hastened to be performed in the temple in Jerusalem regarding the rites of God.
Worship, being done in spirit and truth, does not prevent a worshiper of God from doing this in any place. For they shall worship Him, and whoever does appropriate things for worshiping God from that place, for the word says: 'Worship Him and sing praises to Him' (Ps 65:5,6). And they do this blamelessly, when Your presence is called upon them; for God has necessarily brought the 'Sing praises to Your name' (Ps 65:6) to pass.
Come, O lovers of learning, and see the works of God accomplished in faithful men, being carried out not by human will but by the will of God. For how is it possible to accomplish poverty and lack, unless the will of God is working them? And what God is He, who provides the power to endure these things? He, whose life is tossed and troubled, changed the unruffled into dry land, casting the word of fire upon the earth, all moisture drying up, so that those coming from wickedness into virtue and from unbelief into faith might have the sea turned into a path to walk upon. The symbol of this is iconographically depicted by the faith of the apostle Peter, walking upon the sea toward the Savior.
But the river is the word, strengthened by Greek wisdom and art, blocking the way to the land leading to holiness. But He also turned this one, mocking the wise in their craftiness, and made a firm footing for those traveling toward holiness. And the things said against those who interrupt the divinity are a refutation. For no other god divided the Red Sea and performed the tremendous powers in the Gospels. For Jesus saved the people in Egypt, as it says in an apostolic epistle.
Having become by work and disposition, the sea and the river were turned into dry land so that one might cross as a path, traveling unhindered from wickedness and impiety toward virtue and piety. We rejoice in Him who made the difficult easy, God reigning kingly over the age and those in it, as He separates from the evil in it those who have believed, according to what was said: 'How He shall deliver us from the present evil age' (2 Thess 3:3). And it is possible to take the age that is testing, from the spoken word, in agreement with the Lord.
Greek
ἐπιτεταμένῃ νοήσει δοξολογούντων τὸν τῶν ἀγαθῶν αι τιον. 661a Ps 65,1b.2 ̔Ο ἀλαλαγμὸς φωνή ἐστι νενικηκότων κατὰ τῶν ἑαλωκότων, ἀσήμως ἀναπεμπόμενος ὑπὲρ τοῦ εἰς μήκιστον τὸν ψόφον τῆς φωνῆς διαδοθῆναι. ἐπεὶ τοίνυν χάριτι θεοῦ, ̓Ιησοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γευσαμένου θανάτου, οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται, καταλυθέντος τοῦ διαβόλου τοῦ τὸ κράτος ε χοντος τοῦ θανάτου, προστάττεται οὐ μέρος τῆς γῆς ἀλλὰ πᾶσα αὐτὴ ἀλαλάξαι τῷ θεῷ, ἐγειρομένων τῶν ἁπανταχοῦ νεκρῶν δικαίων καὶ ἀδίκων. Καὶ πρὸς τὸ ε γειρον δὲ ει δος τῆς κατὰ μετάνοιαν ἀναστάσεως ἁρμόζει πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἀλαλάξαι, τοῖς ἁπανταχοῦ γῆς ἀνθρώποις τόπου μετανοίας λεγομένου. λέγεται γὰρ πρὸς ε καστον Μὴ ὁ πεσὼν οὐκ ἀνίσταται, καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκκλησίαν ὁ κύριος λέγει ̓Ανάστα ἐλθέ, ἡ πλησίον μου, εἰς τὸ ἀναστῆναι διὰ μετανοίας καὶ η κειν πρὸς αὐτόν. Γενομένης ου ν ἀλαλαγμῷ τῆς φωνῆς κατὰ τῶν ἡττηθέντων, προστάττονται οἱ ἐλευθερωθέντες τῶν πολεμίων τῷ θεῷ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς νίκης ὁμολογοῦντες αἰνεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ ψάλλειν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, πλὴν οὐχ ὡς ε τυχεν ἀλλ' ἐπιδόξως· ∆ότε γάρ φησι δόξαν αἰνέσει. γίνεται δὲ τοῦτο ο ταν ὁ ὑμνῶν κατάλληλον τῇ αἰνέσει πρᾶξιν ε χῃ· Τοῖς γὰρ εὐθέσι πρέπει αι νεσις. διὸ κωλύεται ὁ ε τι φαῦλος τοῦτο ποιεῖν, οὐκ ο ντος ὡραίου αι νου ἐν στόματι ἁμαρτωλοῦ. 662a Ps 65,3 Οὐκ ἀεὶ τὸ ψεῦδος ἐπὶ λόγου καὶ δόξης λαμβάνειν δεῖ. ε στι γὰρ ο τε καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ διαμαρτάνειν τοῦ σκοποῦ κεῖται ἡ φωνὴ αυ τη. τούτῳ τῷ σημαινομένῳ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδὲ 124 κατὰ ποσὸν ἀντιστῆναι αὐτῷ δυνηθέντες. θεϊκῶν γὰρ ε ργων ὑπὸ ̓Ιησοῦ γινομένων πλήθους τε δυνάμεως θεϊκῆς ἐκφαινομένης ἐν τοῖς γινομένοις, οἱ ἐχθρεύειν βουλόμενοι ̓Ιουδαῖοι ψιλὸν α νθρωπον τὸν ̓Ιησοῦν οἰόμενοι ἐψεύδοντο λέγοντες ̓Εν Βεεζεβοὺλ α ρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ἐκβάλλει τὰ δαιμόνια, καίτοι τῶν ε ργων δηλούντων ὡς κρείττω ταῦτα παντὸς γεννητοῦ· διὸ πρὸς κατανόησιν καλῶν αὐτοὺς ὁ σωτὴρ ε λεγε Κα ν ἐμοὶ μὴ πιστεύητε, τοῖς ε ργοις πιστεύετε ι να γνῶτε ο τι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί. 663a Ps 65,4 Τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐπιδημήσαντος, τέλος ἀπείληφεν ἡ τοῦ νόμου σκιά· ο θεν οὐ σπουδάζεται ε τι ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῷ ἐν ̔Ιεροσολύμοις τελεῖσθαι ἡ θεοῦ προσκύνησις, γινομένη η δη ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ ὡς μὴ κωλύεσθαι τὸν θεοῦ προσκυνητὴν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ τοῦτο ποιεῖν. προσκυνήσουσι γὰρ αὐτῷ, ε καστος ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ πράττων κατάλληλα τῷ προσκυνεῖν θεῷ, ο θεν α μα ει ρηται Προσκυνησάτωσάν σοι καὶ ψαλάτωσάν σοι. ποιοῦσι δὲ τοῦτο ἀμέμπτως, ἐπικληθείσης αὐτοῖς τῆς σῆς προσηγορίας, ο θεν ἀναγκαίως ἐπενήνεκται τὸ Ψαλάτωσαν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, υ ψιστε. 664a Ps 65,5.6a,b ∆εῦτε, ω φιλομαθεῖς, καὶ ι δετε τὰ ε ργα τοῦ θεοῦ κατορθούμενα ἐν τοῖς πιστοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀνυόμενα οὐκ ἀνθρωπίνῃ ἀλλὰ θεοῦ βουλῇ. πῶς γὰρ ἀγαμίαν καὶ ἀκτημοσύνην ὡς δεῖ κατορθῶσαι δυνατόν, μὴ θεοῦ βουλῆς ἐξευμαριζούσης αὐτά; ο τι δὲ θεός ἐστιν ὁ δύναμιν παρέχων τοῦ ἀνυσθῆναι ταῦτα. τὸν βίον τῶν ἀνθρώπων κυματούμενον καὶ ταραττόμενον οι α ἀθάλατταν εἰς ξηρὰν μετέβαλεν, βαλὼν πυρὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς λόγον πᾶσαν ὑγρότητα ξηραίνοντα, ὡς ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἐκ κακίας εἰς ἀρετὴν καὶ ἐξ ἀπιστίας εἰς πίστιν ἐρχομένων μετεστράφθαι τὴν θάλασσαν ὡς ποσὶ περιπατεῖσθαι. τούτου σύμβολον εἰκονογραφεῖται Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου πίστει τῇ εἰς τὸν σωτῆρα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντος. ̔Ο δὲ ποταμὸς λόγος ἐστὶν ὠχυρωμένος ̔Ελληνικῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τέχνῃ, κωλύων τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν ἀπάγουσαν γῆν. ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτον μετέστρεψεν ὁ δρασσόμενος τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ πανουργίᾳ αὐτῶν καὶ βάσιμον ἀπειργάσατο τοῖς πορευομένοις εἰς ἁγιότητα. Ελεγχος δ' ἐστὶ τὰ ου τως λεγόμενα κατὰ τῶν διακοπτόντων τὴν θεότητα. οὐ γὰρ α λλος θεὸς τὴν ἐρύθραν θάλασσαν διεῖλε καὶ τὰς ἐν τοῖς Εὐαγγελίοις τεραστίους δυνάμεις πεποίηκεν. ̓Ιησοῦς γὰρ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τὸν λαὸν ε σωσεν, ὡς ἐν ἐπιστολῇ φησιν ἀποστολικῇ. 665a Ps 65,6c.7a Γενόμενοι ε ργῳ καὶ διαθέσει ε νθα ἡ θάλασσα καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς εἰς ξηρὰν μετεστράφη ὡς ποδὶ λοιπὸν διαβαίνειν ἀκωλύτως ὁδεύοντας ἀπὸ κακίας καὶ ἀσεβείας ἐπ' ἀρετὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν, εὐφραινόμεθα ἐν τῷ ποιήσαντι τὰ δυσχερῆ εὐμαρῆ, θεοῦ βασιλικῶς δεσπόζοντος τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς ἐξαιρεῖσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν αὐτῷ πονηρίας τοὺς πιστεύσαντας κατὰ τὸ λεχθὲν Οπως ἐξέληται ἡμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ ἐνεστηκότος αἰῶνος πονηροῦ. ∆υνατὸν δὲ τὸν αἰῶνα τὸν ἐπ' α πειρον ἐκλαβεῖν ἐκ τῆς προκειμένης λέξεως συμφώνως τῷ Κύριος
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