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“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were creatures of God. We were sold out to the demonic powers. Into this circumstance our Lord Jesus Christ came bearing the baggage of captivity, as Ezekiel says, and, covering his head so that his adversaries would not know him, preaching remission to those who had been taken captive and release to those held in chains…. After Christ freed us, we were snatched out of an old captivity into a new freeing captivity [to Christ], as he led us with him into heaven.” – St. Jerome #Heascended #ledcaptivitycaptive #ascendedwiyhHim #ChristIsRisen #TrulyHeIsRisen #holy50 #dailyreadings #coptic #orthodox

“We believers in Christ, having been gathered from the Gentiles, had been taken captive by the devil, though we were …

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