“The foolish man thinks his own that which never belongs to him, ignorant seemingly in his greed that "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof," for "God is king of all the earth." It is the passion of having which gives men a false title of lordship over that which can never belong to them. "The earth," says…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — ON VIRGINITY 4
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1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
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— Psalms 24:1 —
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?