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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 9. The Fall of Humanity

Should we, then, hold the devil blameless?

The answer

St. John Chrysostom says, “All these things have been now said by me, not in order that I may discharge the Devil from blame, but that I may free you from laziness … But let us know ourselves. Let us know our wounds. For thus shall we be able to apply the medicines. For he who does not know his disease, will give no care to his weakness. We have sinned much: I know this well. For we are all liable for penalties. But we are not deprived of pardon; nor shall we fall away from repentance for we still stand in the arena, and are in the struggles of repentance.”653

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

653 St. John Chrysostom, Three Homilies on the Power of Man to Resist the Devil 2.5 (NPNF I/9:189) amended.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.