 | Literary Collections - 1995 - 208 pages
...said, 'The monk ought to be as the Cherubim and Seraphim: all eye.' Sayings: Bessarion 1 1, p.35. HPhe devil appeared to a brother disguised as an angel of light and said to J- him, 'I am Gabriel and I have been sent to you.' The brother said to him, 'See if it is not someone... | |
 | James C. VanderKam, William Adler - Religion - 1996 - 312 pages
...anchorites' humility.221 Two passages from the Apophthegmata patrum might suggest this interpretation: The devil appeared to a brother disguised as an angel of light and said to him, "1 am Gabriel and I have been sent to you." The brother said to him, 'See if it is not someone else... | |
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The devil appeared to a brother disguised as an angel of light and said to him, "I am Gabriel and I have been sent to you. 