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Serapion of Thmuis
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“A brother asked Abba Serapion: “Tell me a saying.” The elder said: “What can I say to you? That you took the goods of widows and orphans and set them in this embrasure?”—for he saw that it was full of books.”
Serapion of Thmuis (300–370) said by 370 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Serapion said: “Just as the soldiers of the emperor standing before him cannot turn their attention to left or to right, so too if a person stand before God and rivet his attention on his presence, in fear of him all the time, no action of the enemy can terrorize him.”
Serapion of Thmuis (300–370) said by 370 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As soon as this earth's great elder, the blessed Antony, who prayed for the whole world, departed, everything has been torn apart and is in anguish, and the Wrath devastates Egypt. While he was truly on earth, he extended his hands and prayed and spoke with God all day long. He did not let the Wrath descend on us. Lifting up his thoughts, he kept it from coming down. But now that those hands are closed, no one else can be found who might halt the violence.”
Serapion of Thmuis (300–370) said by 370 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source