Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Jeremiah 49:14
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, page 171, footnote 4 (Image)
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Under anger, wrath, and tribulation, he intended bitter punishments; for God is without passion. And by anger you will understand the lesser penalties, and by wrath the greater, and by tribulation the greatest.[Jeremiah 49:14] The angels also are called evil, not because they are so in their nature, or by their own will, but because they have this office, and are appointed to produce pains and sufferings,—being so called, therefore, with reference to the disposition of those who endure such things; just as the day of judgment is called the evil day, as being laden with miseries and pains for sinners. To the same ...