2 Thessalonians 2:8

• §673Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “This eschatological coming could be accomplished at any moment, even if both it and the final trial that will precede it are "delayed".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 24:44; I Th 5:2; 2 Th 2:3-12.

• §675Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

  “…supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Th 2:4-12; I Th 5:2-3; 2 Jn 7; I Jn 2:1 8, 22.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus II.49Book II

  “…whose cunning is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 6–10.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VI.46Book VI

  “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 1–12.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.7Book III

  “…and shall destroy him with the presence of his coming; [even him] whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.25Book V

  “And therefore God will send them the working of error, that they may believe a lie; that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but gave consent to iniquity,”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.1Discourse III

  “…who is Word and Wisdom and Image of the Father’s Essence, that he levels to all the creatures, and makes common to the Son and to them; and he says, lawless man, that the Power of the Father receives power, that from this his irreligion it may follow to say that in a son the Son was made a son, and the Word…” — editor's note: παράνομος. infr. 47, c. Hist. Ar. 71, 75, 79. Ep. Æg. 16, d. Vid. ἄνομος. 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.26Book IV

  “…of unrighteousness in them that perish, whom the Lord shall consume with the word of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8, 9, 10.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 16

  “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that are perishing.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 3–10.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 83

  “…whom it is said, “Keep not silence, nor grow mild, O God,” shall “slay him with the breath of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 106

  “…“Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming,” etc.…Through that Apostate, through him who exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, it seemeth to me, that the carnal people of Israel…” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 3–11.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.12Book XX

  “…His coming is to strike those persecutors of the Church whom He shall then find alive upon earth, when He shall kill Antichrist with the breath of His mouth, then even this is not the last judgment of the wicked; but the last judgment is that which they shall suffer when the bodily resurrection has taken place.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.19Book XX

  “I see that I must omit many of the statements of the gospels and epistles about this last judgment, that this volume may not become unduly long; but I can on no account omit what the Apostle Paul says, in writing to the Thessalonians, “We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,” etc.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 1–11. Whole passage given in the Latin. In ver. 3 refuga is used instead of the Vulgate’s discessio.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 123

  “Yes, Antichrist is near whom the Lord Jesus Christ “shall consume with the spirit of his mouth.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 7, 8.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 147

  “And a little further on when predicting the destruction of antichrist he adds, “Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.7Book III

  “For neither would He punish Antichrist, whom, as we read, “the Lord Jesus shall slay with the Spirit of His mouth,” unless He had before judged of his deserts.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 24

  “…whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 8–10.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on Christ and Antichrist

  “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 1–11.

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Cited together with

• 1 John 2:19

  Cited together in The City of God XX.19.

• Revelation 19:15

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.7.

• Revelation 22:20

  Cited together in Catechism §673.

• Psalm 69:9

  Cited together in The City of God XX.12.

• Isaiah 26:11

  Cited together in The City of God XX.12.

• Daniel 7:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Daniel 7:23

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Daniel 8:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Daniel 8:23

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Daniel 9:27

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Matthew 24:15

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Matthew 24:21

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Matthew 24:44

  Cited together in Catechism §673.

• Mark 13:32

  Cited together in Catechism §673.

• Luke 18:2

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• John 5:43

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.

• Acts 1:7

  Cited together in Catechism §673.

• 2 Corinthians 4:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies III.7.

• Galatians 3:19

  Cited together in Against Heresies III.7.

• Ephesians 6:16

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.7.

• Ephesians 6:17

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.7.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:2

  Cited together in Catechism §673.

Quotes

• Isaiah 11:4

  2 Thessalonians 2:8 takes up the words of Isaiah 11:4 (7 words in common).