O you servants of the Lord, bless you the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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Severian of Gabala
AD 425
Consider the godless person, how he stumbles over the same things by which the faithful are justified. He sees the moon and worships it. He sees the stars and venerates them. He sees the sea and calls it divine. Those who entered the furnace in Babylon after their salvific and laudable confession praised God through his works in a hymn, saying, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord.” Having said this, they could have ended the hymn. God does not pay attention to the length of the hymn but to the intention of those who sing. By saying “all you works,” everything was in fact included, and there was no need to add anything else. But since they were not proclaiming this to themselves but praising God, and with the hymn they also taught the Chaldeans who were present, the hymn necessarily runs through the entire creation. Thus the Chaldeans, who were lost in error, would learn who it was that was sung to and who it was that sang.
