Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
l'adversaire qui s'élève au-dessus de tout ce qu'on appelle Dieu ou de ce qu'on adore, jusqu'à s'asseoir dans le temple de Dieu, se proclamant lui-même Dieu.
KJV
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
v. 20, 23. — 16. 23 Vgl. Matth. 10, 28; Luk. 12, 4. — 24 Vgl. Il Thess. 2, 8 (Jes. 11, 4). — 26 Vgl. II Thess. 2, 4. — 28 Vgl. Joh. 8, 40. 1 μακροημερῶς, corr. V | 6 nach ζητεῖτε + με V ü. d. Z. Die Zeugen von Τ lesen das Wort einstimmig; nicht anders Orig., C. Gels. VII, 16 VII,…
Severianus_PG 65
Fragmenta in epistulam ii ad Thessalonicenses
λθηι εκδικων πασας τας αιρεσεις, και αυτος καταργηι γυμνην την εαυτου προσκυνησιν εισαγων ανθρωπους. 2 Thess 2,4 Κατα μιμησιν του σωτηρος ερχεται ο σατανας εν ανθρωπωι ολοκληρωι. 2 Thess 2,6®8a Κατεχει και κωλυει του ανομου την παρουσιαν το πνευμα το αγιον. επειδαν ουν, φησι, του…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
said that he is the head of all the wicked by reason of the perfection of his wickedness. Hence, on 2 Thess. 2:4, "Showing himself as if he were God," a gloss says: "As in Christ dwelt the fulness of the Godhead, so in Anti-christ the fulness of all wickedness." Not indeed as if…
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