Francis Patrick Kenrick

God has created the material of which a weapon is made, and the workman who makes it, and the soldier who uses it. He can control all in a way to protect His Church. St Jerome explains the text of the devil, " the author of all evils, not by the necessity of his nature, but by his free will. Elimas, Simon Magus, and other wicked men, are his instruments and agents; but God has created and raised up a man to destroy him, and defeat his efforts." St Jerome.