John Chrysostom, on Ps 8:5

“What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?”

“He has made us "a little lower than the angels," I mean, by reason of death: but even that little we have now recovered. There is nothing therefore to hinder us from becoming nigh to the angels, if we will. Let us then will it, let us will it, and having exercised ourselves thoroughly, let us return honor to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, world without end, Amen.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.