Luke 1:11
Douay-Rheims
And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the alter of incense.
Athanasius of Alexandria
(in vita Anton.) Whereby it is not difficult to discern between good and bad spirits, for if joy has succeeded to fear, we may know that relief has come from God, because the peace of the soul is a sign of the Divine Presence; but if the fear remains unshaken, it is an enemy who is seen.
Source details
A.D. 373 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:11-14
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.