The Church has always taught and relayed the command of God and His Messiah, Jesus Christ, that we are to resist evil with our lives.
Culture: The church and evil government of the ungodly, which God will destroy!:
Nabuchodonosor set up a golden statue; which he commands all to adore: the three children for refusing to do it are cast into the fiery furnace; but are not hurt by the flames. Their prayer and canticle of praise.
[1] King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura of the province of Babylon. [2] Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. [3] Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, and rulers, and the great men that were placed in authority, and all the princes of the provinces, were gathered together to come to the dedication of the statue, which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. And they stood before the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. [Daniel 3:3] [Latin] [4] Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages: [5] That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up.
[6] But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire. [7] Upon this therefore, at the time when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music: all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. [8] And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews, [9] And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever: [10] Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man that shall hear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall prostrate himself, and adore the golden statue:
[11] And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.[12] Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods, nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up. [13] Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath, commanded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago should be brought: who immediately were brought before the king. [14] And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them, and said: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the golden statue that I have set up?[15] Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
[16] Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter. [17] For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king. [18] But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up. [19] Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated. [20] And he commanded the strongest men that were in his army, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
[21] And immediately these men were bound and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments. [22] For the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago. [23] But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the furnace of burning fire. [24] And they walked in the midst of the flame, praising God and blessing the Lord. [25] Then Azarias standing up prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
[24] And they walked: Here St. Jerome takes notice, that from this verse, to ver. 91, was not in the corrupted Masoretic Hebrew in his time. But as it was in all the Septuagint Greek Bibles, (which were, divinely inspired to be originally translated from the Biblical Old Testament uncorrupted Hebrew,) it had been formerly in that uncorrupted Hebrew and in the Chaldaic, in which the book of Daniel was written. And this is also certain: that it is, and has been of old, received by the church, and read as canonical scripture in her liturgy, and divine offices.
Canticles Sunday
THE SEVENTH ODE
Canticle of the Three Holy Children
Daniel 3: 26-56
THE praise of the three youths putteth out the flame.
Blessed art Thou, our God, and the God of our fathers.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers; and
praised and glorified is Thy name for ever.
For Thou art righteous in all the things that Thou hast done
for us; yea, true are all Thy works, and upright are Thy ways, and
all Thy judgments are true.
In all the things that Thou hast brought upon us, and upon
Jerusalem the holy city of our fathers, Thou hast executed true
judgments; for according to truth and judgment didst Thou bring
all these things upon us because of our sins.
For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from
Thee, and in all things wherein we have sinned greatly; and we
have not hearkened unto Thy commandments, nor heeded them;
neither have we done as Thou hast commanded us, that it might
go well with us.
Wherefore all that Thou hast done to us, and all that Thou
hast brought upon us, Thou hast done in true judgment; and
Thou hast delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, and of
most wicked forsakers of God, and to an unrighteous king, and the
most wicked in all the world.
And now we cannot open our mouth; we are become a shame
and reproach to Thy servants, and to them that worship Thee.
Deliver us not up for ever, for Thy holy name's sake, neither
forget Thou Thy covenant; and take not away Thy mercy from us,
for the sake of Thy beloved Abraham, and Isaac Thy servant, and
Israel Thy holy one;
To whom Thou hast said that Thou wouldest multiply their
seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the
seashore.
For we, O Lord our King and Master, are become the least of
all the heathen, and we are brought low in all the earth this day
because of our sins.
Nor is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or
whole-burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, nor place
of first-fruits before Thee, that we may obtain mercy.
Nevertheless, in a contrite soul and an humble spirit let us be
accepted.
Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like
as ten thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice this day be
acceptable in Thy sight; and hereafter let it be performed before
Thee; for there is no shame to them that put their trust in Thee.
And now we follow Thee with our wholeheart, and we fear
Thee, and we seek Thy face; put us not to shame.
But deal with us according to Thy tenderness, and according
to the multitude of Thy mercy.
Deliver us according to Thy marvellous works, and give glory
to Thy name, O Lord.
And let all them that do Thy servants’ hurt be confounded,
and let them be ashamed, and deprived of all their might; and let
their strength be broken.
And let them know that Thou art the Lord, the only God, and
glorious over all the world.
And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make
the furnace hot with brimstone, pitch and tow, and wood of the
vine.
And the flame mounted up above the furnace forty and nine
cubits; and it brake forth, and wrapped in flames those Chaldeans
found about the furnace.
But the angel of the Lord came down to be with Azarias and
his companions in the furnace, and drove the flame of the fire out
of the furnace.
And made the midst of the furnace as it had been the blowing
of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor
brought grief, nor troubled them.
Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, and blessed,
and glorified God in the furnace, saying,
The hymn of the three, which the youths sang.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and to be
praised and exalted above all for ever.
And blessed is Thy glorious and holy name, which is highly
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou in the temple of Thy holy glory, and to be
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou that beholdest the depths, that sittest upon
the cherubim, Thou that art praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou on the glorious throne of Thy kingdom,
Thou that art praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art Thou in the firmament of heaven, Thou that art
praised and exalted above all for ever.
Glory. Both now.
Canticles Sunday
THE EIGHTH ODE
Canticle of the Three Holy Children
Daniel 3, 57-88 and 56
ALL ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.
O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sons of men, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Ghost: let us praise and exalt him above all forever.
Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.
THE FIFTH ODE
A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.
Is. 26: 9-21
Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer. O Lord our God, grant
us peace.
Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God;
for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth.
Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth.
For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that
learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do
truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory
of the Lord.
O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but
when they know it, let them be put to shame.
Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire
shall devour the adversaries.
O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast
given all things unto us.
O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we
know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name.
But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise
them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast
slain them, and hast taken every man of them away.
Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon
them that are glorious upon the earth.
O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction
was Thy chastening with us.
And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and
crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy
beloved.
We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have
suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation,
which we have wrought upon the earth.
We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall
fail.
The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall
awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice.
For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but
the land of the ungodly shall perish.
Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door,
hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord shall
pass away.
Glory. Both now.
PALESTINE CRY SALAAM AL-MASEEH.
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