Annotation CLIII

”If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they hear if one rise from the dead.” — Luke 16:31

Confession.

Chrysostom, in the fourth homily on Lazarus, narrating these [things], speaks of confession in such a way that from his words it could be gathered that one is to confess to God alone: for he speaks thus: “Why, I ask, art thou ashamed, and dost thou blush to tell thy sins? For beware lest thou tell [them] to a man, lest he reproach thee: for neither dost thou confess to a servant, that he may bring [them] out into public,” etc. See above, Annotation 175 of book 5.