“Once someone knocked at the door of my cell. And when I went out, I saw someone who seemed massive and tall. When I asked, "Who are you?" he said, "I am Satan." I said, "What are you doing here?" And he asked, "Why do the monks and all the other Christians censure me without cause? Why do they curse me every hour?" Wh…”
Anthony the Great, 4th c. — LIFE OF ANTHONY 41-42
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6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
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4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
— Psalms 9:6 —
7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.