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On the Power of Demons

St. John Chrysostom · 4th century

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Some in Antioch said demons ran the world and so nothing was their fault. In these three sermons St. John Chrysostom answers them: God governs all things, and the devil can do nothing to a man who keeps watch over himself.

The second and third sermons, on resisting the devil, are especially practical.

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From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 9 (1889), edited by Philip Schaff.

This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.

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