Athanasian Creed (Harley) n. 201

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201. That the Lord is God Who alone is to be worshipped is clearly manifest from this - that the hells are in the most bitter hatred against the Lord. Not so against the Father Whom even some hells call the Creator of the universe, from the habit of speaking formed in the world and this without hatred. But all the hells are against the Lord. They are neither willing nor able to name Him, and to all of them it is most delightful to torment those who adore the Lord, this enjoyment of theirs being extreme. (Gyllenborg,* for example). A sphere against the Lord is exhaled from all the hells, and a sphere for the Lord from all the heavens. Hence there is equilibrium. It was attempted with Gyllenborg to see whether he could refrain from tormenting me in the breast (even by many punishments), but he could not. He and others confessed that this was their greatest enjoyment. * References to Count Frederic Gyllenborg, Doc. Vol. I, p. 699, note 115; SE 4740, 5161.


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