Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...
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+ Even the demons with their malice and fierceness, with all the pride of their<br />
being, become like dust once they encounter a humble person.<br />
- St. Isaac the Syrian<br />
+ Having filled himself with pride, the Antichrist will begin to set himself up and<br />
glorify himself as if God, thundering forth slander against Jesus Christ. He will<br />
do this so openly that he will command that all those who do not want to serve<br />
his pretensions as God will be killed.<br />
- St. Hippolytus of Rome<br />
+ Our Lord dwells in long-suffering and mercy, but the Devil in anger.<br />
- Hermas, "The Shepherd"<br />
+ The Antichrist shall be known by his crimes of inhumanity and lawlessness,<br />
so as to outdo all unrighteous and ungodly men who have gone before him;<br />
showing a most murderous, cruel, merciless, and crafty spirit especially against<br />
us Christians.<br />
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem<br />
+ The adversary can do nothing against us except that God shall previously<br />
permit it.<br />
- St. Cyprian<br />
+ When the Antichrist comes many people will be found pleasing God, for whom<br />
it will be possible, in both the mountains and desert places, to save themselves<br />
by much prayer. God will see their many tears and honest faith, and will have<br />
mercy on them, as a tender father. They will be saved.<br />
- Sf. Ephraim the Syrian<br />
+ Do not fear the Devil. By fearing the Lord you will have dominion over the<br />
Devil, for there is no power in him. Nevertheless, fear the deeds of the Devil,<br />
since they are evil.<br />
- Hermas, "The Shepherd"<br />
+ Many will believe in the Antichrist and will glorify him as God. Many will<br />
worship the murderer with trembling lips, crying out: "Thou art our savior!"<br />
- St. Ephraim the Syrian<br />
+ Avoid the venom coming forth from the tongue of the Devil, who from the<br />
beginning of the world has lied so that he may deceive, who cajoles that he may<br />
injure, he promises good that he may give evil, and promises life that he may<br />
put to death.<br />
- Sf. Cyprian<br />
+ The Antichrist will not only pronounce himself as highest of the false gods, but<br />
will sit in the Temple of God, as if he were God.<br />
- Blessed Theodoret of Cyprus<br />
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