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The Truth About Angels
who receive not the love of the truth. But the mighty Angel demands
attention. He cries with a loud voice. He is to show the power and
authority of His voice to those who have united with Satan to oppose
the truth.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:971
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Angels in the Middle Ages
In the thirteenth century was established that most terrible of all
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the engines of the papacy—the Inquisition. The prince of darkness
wrought with the leaders of the papal hierarchy. In their secret councils,
Satan and his angels controlled the minds of evil men, while unseen
in the midst stood an angel of God, taking the fearful record of their
iniquitous decrees and writing the history of deeds too horrible to
appear to human eyes.—
The Great Controversy, 59
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The Protestant Reformation
The banner of the ruler of the synagogue of Satan was lifted high,
and error apparently marched in triumph, and the reformers, through
the grace given them of God, waged a successful warfare against the
hosts of darkness. Events in the history of the reformers have been
presented before me. I know that the Lord Jesus and His angels have
with intense interest watched the battle against the power of Satan, who
combined his hosts with evil men, for the purpose of extinguishing the
divine light.—
Selected Messages 3:110
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Luther
While one day examining the books in the library of the university,
Luther discovered a Latin Bible.... With mingled awe and wonder he
turned the sacred pages; with quickened pulse and throbbing heart he
read for himself the words of life, pausing now and then to exclaim,
“Oh, if God would give me such a book for my own!” Angels of heaven
were by his side, and rays of light from the throne of God revealed the
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treasures of truth to his understanding.—
The Spirit of Prophecy 4:96
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When enemies appealed to custom and tradition, or to the asser-
tions and authority of the pope, Luther met them with the Bible and
the Bible alone. Here were arguments which they could not answer;
therefore the slaves of formalism and superstition clamored for his