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- "Guard thyself then, O man; thou hast the signs of
Antichrist; and remember them not only thyself, but impart them
also freely to all. If thou hast a child according to the flesh,
admonish him of this now; if thou hast begotten one through
catechizing, put him also on his guard, test he receive the
false one as the True. For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work. I fear these wars of the nations; I fear the schisms of
the Churches; I fear the mutual hatred of the brethren. But
enough on this subject; only God forbid that it should be
fulfilled in our days; nevertheless, let us be on our guard. And
thus much concerning Antichrist." St.
Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture XV
- "All men ,led by the light of fallen nature alienated from
guidance of God's light ,will be enticed into submission to the
seducer (antichrist)." St Ignaty
Brianchaninov
- "In that time, infants will die on their mother’s lap, and
the mothers will die over their children, fathers will die with
their wives and children in the marketplace, and there will be
nobody there who will bury them." St.
Ephriam the Syrian, Oration on the Coming of the Lord
- "The Kingdom of the Church will abide unto the ages"
St. Ambrose of Milan, Commentary on St.
Luke
- "A false prophet will prophesy concerning the Antichrist
saying he is Christ and he himself will try to convince everyone
that he is Christ." St. Ambrose of Milan,
Catechetical Lectures, Oration 15
- "Do not leave the Church, for there is nothing mightier than
She; She will never grow old and will always bloom; thus the
Scriptures, showing Her durability and stability, calls Her a
mountain." St. John of Chrysostom, On
Eutropius
- "For the Antichrist will come for the destruction of men,
and to injure them, for what will he not then work? He will
change and confound all things, both by his commandments and by
the fear of him. He will be terrible in every way: by his power
and by his unlawful commandments." St.
John Chrysostom, Commentary on 2 Thessalonians
- "God will allow persecution from the Antichrist not because
He cannot stop it, but because He desires, as usual, His
strugglers to be crowned," and for this reason, "the reverent
ones among the living will be taken up into the clouds,
receiving, as a reward of honor, that which is higher than any
man." St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical
Lecture 15
- "Having filled himself with pride, the Antichrist will begin
to set himself up and glorify himself as God, belching forth
slander against Christ." St. Hippolytus of
Rome, On Christ and the Antichrist
- "He shall be known by his crimes of inhumanity and
lawlessness, so as to out do all unrighteous and ungodly men who
have gone before him; displaying against all men, but especially
against us Christians, a spirit murderous and most cruel,
merciless and crafty" St. Cyril of
Jerusalem - Catechetical Lecture 15, Ch. 12
- "Many people will be found pleasing God, for whom it will be
possible, in the mountains and in dessert places, to save
themselves by much prayer….for God, seeing their many tears and
sincere faith, will have mercy on them, as a tender Father, and
will keep them." St. Ephraim the Syrian,
Oration on the Coming of the Lord
- "Many will believe the Antichrist and will glorify him as
God ... many will worship the torturer with trembling crying
out: ‘Thou are our saviour!’" St. Ephriam
the Syrian, Commentary of Psalm 43 and the Gospel of St. Luke
- "The Antichrist will not only pronounce himself highest of
the false gods, but will sit in the Temple of God, as if he were
God ... the Jews, who did not want to believe in the Lord, as
though He were an adversary to God, will believe in the
Antichrist who will pronounce himself to be the god of all."
Blessed Theodoret of Cyprus, Commentary on
2 Thessalonians
- "The Antichrist will not rule over all, but only over those
who are worthy of perdition, who, even if he did not come, still
would have deprived themselves of salvation."
Blessed Theodoret of Cyprus, Commentary on
2 Thessalonians
- "The Christian society will never be depleted and will
particularly become strong when in its appearance it will seem
to wane." Tertullian, In lib ad Scapulam,
Ch. V
- "The Jews, who did not accept the Lord Jesus Christ as the
true Son of God and God, will receive a deceiver who will call
himself God." St. John of Damascus, Exact
Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book IV, Ch. 26
- "The adversary will sit in the temple of Jerusalem, in order
to show himself as Christ, he will demand that those who are
captivated by him should worship him as Christ. The Antichrist
will demand worship as if he were God."
St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book 5, Ch. 25
- "We firmly believe that the Church will never fall, will
never waiver and will not be destroyed. For this is what Christ
taught, by Whom the heavens were established and the earth was
founded, and stands firmly as the Holy Spirit says". (Ps. 32:6)
The Antichrist will lure to himself "those who have a weak and
feeble mind, will seduce and will tear them away from the living
God." St. John of Damascus, Oration on the
Transfiguration of the Lord
- "All men, led by the light of fallen nature alienated from
guidance of God's light ,will be enticed into submission to the
seducer (antichrist)." St Ignaty
Brianchaninov
- "He who has not received within himself the kingdom of God
cannot recognize the antichrist. He is absolutely sure to become
in a way incomprehensible to himself his follower."
St Ignaty Briancaninov
- "I say that martyrs of that time excel all martyrs,for
martyrs hitherto have wrestled with men only ,but in the time of
antichrist they shall battle with satan in his own person."
St Cyril of Jerusalem
- "I say that martyrs of that time excel all martyrs,for
martyrs hitherto have wrestled with men only ,but in the time of
antichrist they shall battle with satan in his own person."
St Cyril of Jerusalem
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