This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
But as the conquering power of things evil is on the increase-which is the characteristic of the last times.
Grant that from the time of John the Paraclete had grown mute; we ourselves would have arisen as prophets to ourselves, for this cause chiefly: I say not now to bring down by our prayers God's anger, nor to obtain his protection or grace; but to secure by premunition the moral position of the "latest times; "
