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On the Theophania

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Lee, 1843

This (animal) alone recognizes in every thing, something greater and more excellent than …

This (animal) alone recognizes in every thing, something greater and more excellent than any that is visible;—Him who is invisible to the eyes, and imperceptible to the touch, as well as to every faculty of bodily sense; but is visible to the mind and understanding alone. Him does he, by His (special) teaching, and the learning of which his nature is capable, confess; and Him does he call God: to Him also does he render praise; and shews, by means of this (his) knowledge, his relationship with the Deity.