Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiv Pg 59
2 Thess. i. 9, 10.
There are also some [of them] who declare, “Thou art fairer than the children of men;”4300 4300
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xvi Pg 6
2 Thess. i. 8, 9.
—it follows that, as He comes to inflict punishment, He must require “the flaming fire.” Thus on this consideration too we must, notwithstanding Marcion’s opposition, conclude that Christ belongs to a God who kindles the flames5924 5924 Crematoris Dei.
(of vengeance), and therefore to the Creator, inasmuch as He takes vengeance on such as know not the Lord, that is, on the heathen. For he has mentioned separately “those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,”5925 5925
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xvi Pg 10
2 Thess. i. 9.
he uses the words of Isaiah who for the express reason makes the self-same Lord “arise to shake terribly the earth.”5928 5928
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 1
VERSE (9) - Isa 33:14; 66:24 Da 12:2 Mt 25:41,46; 26:24 Mr 9:43-49