Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 3:8
A church father on this verse
“For by examining the faith of the Churches, he struck with anathema the heretics who held views contrary to the true faith.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8Moreover he went through the cities of Judah, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:
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6Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.
7He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed forever.
— 1 Maccabees 3:8 —
9so that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.
10Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.