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30 Oct 2022

The Devil's Going Out

Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ διάβολος παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου.

Κατὰ δὲ τινας, εἰ μὴ ἔξω γέγονε τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ διάβολος, οὐκ ἂν ἐνήργησε τὰ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰώβ. Κυρίολεκτεῖται δὲ ἐπὶ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ ἐπὶ τοῦ Καϊν το· Ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου· ὅ δηλοῖ τὸ ἀφάνταστον τοῦ Θεοῦ εἶναι αὐτόν. Οὗτος γὰρ ἀεὶ τῶν ἔξω τυγχάνει, εἰ καὶ προσποιητῶς ἦλθε μετὰ τῶν παραστατῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Τον Ιὠβ

Source: Migne PG 39.1124d
And the devil went out from before the Lord. 1

And according to some, if the devil had not gone out from God he would have done nothing against Job. And concerning the devil it is spoken more correctly than Cain: 'He went out from the face of God.' 2 which makes clear that the sight of God was nothing to him. For he is always excluded, even if he comes feigning to be as those who stand in the presence of God.

Didymus the Blind, On Job, Fragment

1 Job 1.12
2 Gen 4.16

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