Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Commodianus/The Instructions of Commodianus/Chapter 9

VIII.&#8212;Of the Sun and Moon.

Concerning the Sun and Moon ye are in error, although they are in our immediate presence; in that ye, as I formerly did, think that you must pray to them.&#160; They, indeed, are among the stars; but they do not run of their own accord.&#160; The Omnipotent, when He established all things at first, placed them there with the stars, on the fourth day.&#160; And, indeed, He commanded in the law that none should worship them.&#160; Ye worship so many gods who promise nothing concerning life, whose law is not on the earth, nor are they themselves foretold.&#160; But a few priests seduce you, who say that any deity destined to die can be of service.&#160; Draw near now, read, and learn the truth.