Worship of Angels
We will be conformed to the image of God's Son, and Paul preached that the saints will be conformed to the Son of God; how do you want to see the saints who will be glorified in glory, but are now in a state of dishonor, death, and silence, when the Lord says about them: 'they will be like angels of God' (Matthew 22:30)? How then do you worship angels, who are spirits and always living, as written by the prophet, 'he who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire' (Psalm 104:4)? I say, however, that not even they themselves wish to be worshiped. 'See that you do not do this; for I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God' (Revelation 22:9). Moreover, not even the apostles wanted to be worshiped, for they were sent to preach the gospel, and they considered themselves...
Greek
ἐσόμεθα», καὶ Παῦλος τοὺς ἁγίους «συμμόρφους τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ» ἐκήρυξεν· πῶς ουν τοὺς ἐν δόξῃ μέλλοντας φαιδρύνεσθαι ἁγίους ἐν ἀδόξῳ καὶ νεκρῷ καὶ ἀλάλῳ θέλεις ὁρᾶν, τοῦ κυρίου λέγοντος περὶ αὐτῶν· «εσονται γάρ, φησίν, ὡς αγγελοι θεοῦ». 7 πῶς δὲ καὶ ἀγγέλους πνεύματα ὑπάρχοντας καὶ ἀεὶ ζῶντας ἐν νεκροῖς γράφων προσκυνεῖς, τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος «ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοῦς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον»; 8 λέγω δὲ ο τι οὐδὲ αὐτοὶ θέλουσι προσκυνεῖσθαι. 9 «Ορα μή· σύνδουλος γάρ σου εἰμὶ καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου τῶν ἐχόντων τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ιησοῦ. τῷ θεῷ, φησίν, προσκύνησον». 10 ἀλλ' οὐδὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἠθέλησαν προσκυνεῖσθαι. καὶ γὰρ ο τε εὐαγγελίζεσθαι ἀπεστάλησαν, ἑαυτοὺς
About this text
Epiphanius of Salamis, Tractatus contra eos qui imagines faciunt (Greek).
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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