And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
The Antichrist, rampant against mankind in the latter days, should be trampled down by Him (Jesus); and that He should bind “the dragon, that old serpent” and subject him to the power of man, who had been conquered so that all his might should be trodden down. (Against Heresies 3.23.7)
