And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us through your name.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
Or serpents are those which visibly hurt, as the evil spirit of adultery and murder. But those are called scorpions which invisibly injure, as in the sins of the spirit.
For the names of the saints are written in the book of life not in ink, but in the memory and grace of God. And the devil indeed fell from above; but men being below have their names inscribed above in heaven.
