Papias thus speaks, word for word: To some of them [angels] He gave dominion over the arrangement of the world, and He commissioned them to exercise their dominion well. And he says, immediately after this: but it happened that their arrangement came to nothing. 1761
This extract is made from Andreas Cæsariensis, [Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappodocia, circiter, A.D. 500].
155:1761That is, that government of the worlds affairs was a failure. An ancient writer takes τάξις to mean the arraying of the evil angels in battle against God.
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