THEOSISGregory of Nyssa
'Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail' (Psalm 101:28). Upon hearing this truth, alongside similar revelations from divinely inspired individuals, should we not allow those who worship what is finite and separate from the true Divine to continue in their idolatry? For that which presently exists and that which previously was not, is entirely new yet eternal.
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To honor that which is novel, Moses refers to as the worship of demons, proclaiming, 'They are devils, and not God; gods which are not guided by them: new and recent things have arisen, which are not led by their forebears.' Therefore, if the reverence of the new equates to the worship of demons, as it diverges from the true Divine Nature, and what exists now, though not forever, is indeed new and eternal, then we, who revere the eternally existent God and recognize the one who transcends existence and non-existence, and assert that He was never absent, must be regarded as idolaters.