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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

Anonymous

Section 17

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Author: Anonymous

17. Like things to these also says Daniel

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:

“

I

beheld

a

throne

placed

,

and

the

Ancient

of

days

sat

upon

it

,

and

His

clothing

was

as

it

were

snow

,

and

the

hairs

of

His

head

as

it

were

white

wool

:

His

throne

was

a

flame

of

fire

,

its

wheels

were

burning

fire

.

A

river

of

fire

came

forth

before

Him

:

thousand

thousands

ministered

to

Him

,

and

thousand

thousands

stood

before

Him

:

He

sat

to

judgment

,

and

the

books

were

opened

.

”

And

John

still

more

plainly

declares

,

both

about

the

day

of

judgment

and

the

consummation

of

the

world

,

saying

,

“

And

when

,

”

said

he

,

“

He

had

opened

the

sixth

seal

,

lo

,

there

was

a

great

earthquake

;

and

the

sun

became

black

as

sackcloth

of

hair

,

and

the

whole

moon

became

as

of

blood

;

and

the

stars

fell

to

the

earth

,

even

as

a

fig

-

tree

,

shaken

by

a

mighty

wind

,

casteth

her

unripe

figs

.

And

the

heaven

departed

as

a

book

when

it

is

rolled

up

,

and

every

mountain

and

island

were

moved

from

their

places

.

And

the

kings

of

the

earth

,

and

all

the

great

men

,

and

the

tribunes

,

and

the

rich

men

,

and

the

strong

men

,

and

every

slave

,

and

every

free

man

,

hid

themselves

in

the

caves

and

in

the

caverns

of

the

mountains

;

saying

to

the

mountains

and

to

the

rocks

,

Fall

upon

us

,

and

hide

us

from

the

sight

of

the

Father

that

sitteth

upon

the

throne

,

and

from

the

wrath

of

the

Lamb

:

because

the

day

of

destruction

cometh

;

and

who

shall

be

able

to

stand

?

”

Also

in

the

same

Apocalypse

John

says

that

this

too

was

revealed

to

him

.

“

I

saw

,

”

says

he

,

“

a

great

throne

,

and

one

in

white

who

sat

upon

it

,

from

whose

face

the

heaven

and

the

earth

fled

away

;

and

their

place

was

not

found

.

And

I

saw

the

dead

,

great

and

small

,

standing

before

the

sight

of

the

Lord’s

throne

:

and

the

books

were

opened

;

and

another

book

was

opened

,

which

is

(

the

book

)

of

life

:

and

every

one

was

judged

according

to

those

things

that

were

written

in

the

book

,

according

to

their

own

works

.

”

Moreover

,

too

,

the

apostle

,

giving

good

advice

,

thus

exhorts

us

,

saying

,

“

Let

no

one

deceive

you

with

vain

words

:

for

because

of

these

things

the

wrath

of

God

cometh

upon

the

children

of

disobedience

.

Be

not

partakers

with

them

.

”

Notes

69
Dan. vii. 9, 10.
70
Rev. vi. 12–17.
71
Rev. xx. 11–13.
72
Eph. v. 6, 7.