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Salmos 148

Origen of Alexandria · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

Salmos 148:4

The Persians therefore may call the "whole circle of heaven" Jupiter; but we maintain that "the heaven" is neither Jupiter nor God, as we indeed know that certain beings of a class inferior to God have ascended above the heavens and all visible nature: and in this sense we understand the words, "Praise God, you heaven of heavens, and you waters that are above the heavens; let them praise the name of the Lord." — AGAINST CELSUS 5:44

Salmos 148:5

This is not the time to prove that the Creator did not become the servant of the Word and make the world and to show that the Word became the servant of the creator and prepared the world. For according to the prophet David, "God spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created." For the uncreated God "commanded" the firstborn of all creation, and "they were created." This includes not only the cosmos and the things in it, but also all that remains, "whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities or powers; for all things have been created through him and for him, and he is before all things." — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 2:104