Cyril of Jerusalem
Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500
309 passages across 49 books of the Bible · Who was this?
On 1 John
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1 John 3:10
The chief author of sin is the devil, the begetter of all sin. Before him, no one sinned. Nor did he sin because he was by nature prone to sin (since in that case the responsibility for his sin would lie with his Creator). Rather, being created good he became a devil by his own free choice, receiving that name from his willed action. Though he was originally an archangel, he became a slanderer (diabolos), because of his slandering.
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1 John 5:1
We can turn this around and say that anyone who despises the Begotten also despises the One who begat him.