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Augustine of Hippo, on 1John 4:2
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
1John 4:2 · Douay-Rheims
“By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God:”
On this verse:
“"Hereby is known the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is the antichrist, of whom ye have heard that he should come; and even now already is he in this world." Our ears, so to say, are on the alert for discerning of the spirits; and we have been told something, such that thereby we discern not a whit the more. For what saith he? "Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, is of God." Then is the spirit that is among the heretics, of God, seeing they "confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh"?”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.