575. About those in the afterlife who seek to warm themselves by cutting grass with a saw
About the wood-cutters, you may see what has been said previously [271-3, 330, 534-6, 549]. There are also some who saw, not wood, but grass, and by this means seek to warm themselves. When I inquired who these were, [I was told] that they are those who live morally well in life, doing no one injustice, thus who are reputed as good in civil life, and also give to the needy and poor, so they believe that on this account they deserve some [reward]. But although they know that Jesus Christ our Savior is the way, and the only one to be worshipped, because He is the one only Intercessor, Human, and God, thus the one only Lord, nevertheless they still pass Him by and believe in their heart that it is sufficient for us to acknowledge the one only God, creator of the universe - by whom they mean the Father. Consequently they doubt, or rather deny our Lord, thus scorning His the Only Intercession. These after death are the kind who are cold, and who seek to acquire warmth for themselves by sawing grass into tiny pieces.