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The Extant Works and Fragments of Hippolytus · Appendix to the Works of Hippolytus. Containing Dubious and Spurious Pieces

XXXII

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But many who are hearers of the divine Scriptures,1967 and have them in their hand, and keep them in mind with understanding, will escape his imposture. For they will see clearly through his insidious appearance and his deceitful imposture, and will flee from his hands, and betake themselves to the mountains, and hide themselves in the caves of the earth; and they will seek after the Friend of man with tears and a contrite heart; and He will deliver them out of his toils, and with His right hand He will save those from his snares who in a worthy and righteous manner make their supplication to Him.

Notes

  1. 1967

    [Note this. The faithful are to have the Holy Scriptures in their hand. But this has been condemned by repeated bulls and anathemas of Roman pontiffs; e.g., by Clement XI., a.d. 1713; and no Bible in the vulgar tongue ever appeared in Rome till a.d. 1870, on the overthrow of the papal kingdom.]

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe (1885–96). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.