Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;
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Braulio of Zaragoza
AD 651
It happened one day that the enemy of the human race met the wrestler of the eternal King on a journey and challenged him with these words: “If you would like to see what each of us can accomplish with his strength, let us have a contest.” Barely finished speaking, he approached the saint and touched him in visible and corporeal reality, and for some time tried his wavering opponent, but the latter pressed Christ with prayers, and the divine aid strengthened his trembling steps and straightway caused the fugitive, apostate spirit to vanish into air. If it seems incredible to anyone that an invisible spirit can become substantial, save in the mystical sense, let it be explained to him how the divine pages narrate the struggle of Jacob with the angel too. I have this to say: that it would require less boldness for Satan to tempt a servant than the Lord, than Christ, man than God, the creature than the Creator. Life of St.
