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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 10

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X.

And the apostles, who speak of God, in establishing

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the

truth

of

the

advent

of

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

have

each

of

them

indicated

the

appearing

of

these

abominable

and

ruin

-

working

men

,

and

have

openly

announced

their

lawless

deeds

.

First

of

all

Peter

,

the

rock

of

the

faith

,

whom

Christ

our

God

called

blessed

,

the

teacher

of

the

Church

,

the

first

disciple

,

he

who

has

the

keys

of

the

kingdom

,

has

instructed

us

to

this

effect

:

“

Know

this

first

,

children

,

that

there

shall

come

in

the

last

days

scoffers

,

walking

after

their

own

lusts

.

And

there

shall

be

false

teachers

among

you

,

who

privily

shall

bring

in

damnable

heresies

.

”

After

him

,

John

the

theologian

,

and

the

beloved

of

Christ

,

in

harmony

with

him

,

cries

,

“

The

children

of

the

devil

are

manifest

;

and

even

now

are

there

many

antichrists

;

but

go

not

after

them

.

Believe

not

every

spirit

,

because

many

false

prophets

are

gone

out

into

the

world

.

”

And

then

Jude

,

the

brother

of

James

,

speaks

in

like

manner

:

“

In

the

last

times

there

shall

be

mockers

,

walking

after

their

own

ungodly

lusts

.

There

be

they

who

,

without

fear

,

feed

themselves

.

”

You

have

observed

the

concord

of

the

theologians

and

apostles

,

and

the

harmony

of

their

doctrine

.

Notes

1
θεηγόροι. Codex B gives θεολόγοι.
2
2 Pet. iii. 3.
3
2 Pet. ii. 1.
4
θεολόγος.
5
1 John iii. 10.
6
1 John ii. 18.
7
Luke xxi. 8.
8
1 John iv. 1.
9
οἱ ἀφόβως ἑαυτοὺς ποιμαίνοντες, instead of the received οἱ ἀποδιορίζοντες ἑαυτούς.
10
Jude 18, 19.