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Archangel Michael, and you, Powers, Thrones, and Dominations, swear all of you to be faithful to your God.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Satan found pleasure in praise and in the exercise of his grace; he loved to hear his wisdom and his power belauded.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence penetrated its causes.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Already his vast shadow shed upon the unhappy planet a shade soft as a night of love.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The sun is about to descend into the roseate waters of the Sacred River.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Nevertheless, at that moment a saint ruled over the Church.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Satan, whose flesh had crept, in days gone by, at the idea that suffering prevailed in the world, now felt himself inaccessible to pity.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Beyond that, it was impossible to obtain a word from the valiant chief, and this silence seemed the mark of a genius sure of himself.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
And the successor of the apostles felt flooded with rapture.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his soul was visible, expressed contempt for danger.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Blessed be Thy name. Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
And Satan awoke bathed in an icy sweat.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Satan, piercing space with his keen glance, contemplated the little globe of earth and water where of old he had planted the vine and formed the first tragic chorus.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
He fell to condemning intelligence and to hating curiosity. He himself refused to learn anything more, for fear that in acquiring fresh knowledge he might let it be seen that he had not known everything at the very outset.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
We were conquered because we failed to understand that Victory is a Spirit, and that it is in ourselves and in ourselves alone that we must attack and destroy Ialdabaoth.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The elect saw with ravishment the Most High precipitated into Hell, and Satan seated on the throne of the Lord. In conformity with the will of God which had cut them off from sorrow they sang in the ancient fashion the praises of their new Master.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
O Lord, my God, I recognise Thy voice!
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Powers, Thrones, and Dominations, of all past wars, I wish but to remember the invincible courage that you displayed and the loyalty which you rendered to authority, for these assure me of the steadfastness of the fealty you have just sworn to me.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Amid the ever lasting gloom Ialdabaoth still retained his lofty mien. Blackened and shattered, terrible and sublime, he glanced upwards at the palace of the King of Heaven with a look of proud disdain, then turned away his head.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)