St. Anthony the Great

Desert Fathers · 3rd–4th century

  1. “Abba Anthony said: I saw all the snares of the enemy spread out over the earth, and I said groaning, ‘What can get through from such snares?’ Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Humility.’”

    — The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, trans. Benedicta Ward, Anthony 7 (SVS Press)

  2. “Abba Anthony said: Whoever has not experienced temptation cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.”

    — The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Anthony 5 (SVS Press)

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