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27 Oct 2020

War And The Devil


Κοινὸς μὲν ἀπάντων ὁ ἐχθρὸς, πολέμους δὲ ἔχει γενικοὺς πρὸς τοὺς ταῖς ἡδοναῖς αὐτοῦ μὴ λατρεύοντας, καὶ τῇ ῥίζῄ τῶν κακῶν φιλαργυρίᾳ αὐτῷ μὴ προσκυνοῦντας. Ὥς εἶς ὑπάρχων καὶ πρόβολος, ἔχου τῆς πανοπλίας τοῦ πνεύματος.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΣΞΔ' Ὠριωνι

Source: Migne PG 78.340d
The common enemy of all presses a general war against those who will not worship his pleasures and adore him with that root of every evil, avarice. 1 Thus as one of them, and a defender, take up the armour of the spirit.

Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 264, To Orion

1 1 Tim 6.10

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