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Chapter IV.
But since he says, in the next place, as if the
Jews or Christians had answered regarding those who come down to visit
the human race, that they were angels: “But if ye say that
they are angels, what do you call them?” he continues, “Are
they gods, or some other race of beings?” and then again
introduces us as if answering, “Some other race of beings, and
probably demons,”—let us proceed to notice these
remarks. For we indeed acknowledge that angels are
“ministering spirits,” and we say that “they are sent
forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation;”4081
and that they
ascend, bearing the supplications of men, to the purest of the heavenly
places in the universe, or even to supercelestial regions purer
still;4082
| 4082 ἐν
τοῖς
καθαρωτάτοις
τοῦ κόσμου
χωρίοις
ἐπουρανίοις,
ἢ καὶ τοῖς
τούτων
καθαρωτέροις
ὐπερουρανίοις. | and that they come
down from these, conveying to each one, according to his deserts,
something enjoined by God to be conferred by them upon those who are to
be the recipients of His benefits. Having thus learned to call
these beings “angels” from their employments, we find that
because they are divine they are sometimes termed “god” in
the sacred Scriptures,4083
| 4083 Cf. Ps. lxxxvi. 8; xcvi. 4; cxxxvi.
2. | but not so that we
are commanded to honour and worship in place of God those who minister
to us, and bear to us His blessings. For every prayer, and
supplication, and intercession, and thanksgiving, is to be sent up to
the Supreme God through the High Priest, who is above all the angels,
the living Word and God. And to the Word Himself shall we also
pray and make intercessions, and offer thanksgivings and supplications
to Him, if we have the capacity of distinguishing between the proper
use and abuse of prayer.4084
| 4084 ἐὰν
δυνώμεθα
κατακούειν
τῆς περὶ
προσευχῆς
κυριολεξίας
καὶ
καταχρήσεως. | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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