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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." Here again He mooteth the argument concerning righteousness, that He had overthrown His opponent. Now had He been a sinner, He could not have overthrown him; a thing which not even any just man had been strong enough to do. "But that he hath been condemned through Me, they shall know who trample on him hereafter, and who clearly know My Resurrection, which is the mark of Him who condemneth him. For he was not able to hold Me. …
Cyril of Alexandria
God then has called him the prince of this world, not as really being so in truth, or as though this overruling power were a dignity inherent in his being, but as he had the glory thereof by fraud and covetousness, and as he is still holding sway and ruling over those that are astray by reason of the wicked purpose that is in them, by which having their mind fast bound in error they are inextricably entangled in the noose of captivity, even though it was in their power to escape by being converted through faith in Christ to a …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He will convict "of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged," that is, that I am righteous and sinless — this the Spirit will prove also by the fact that the prince of this world has been judged and defeated by Me. They said: "He has demons" (Jn. 8:48-52; Jn. 10:20); "He casts out demons by the power of Beelzebub" (Mt. 12:24); "He deceives the people" (Jn. 7:12). All of this will be shown to be false when the devil is judged and it is proven to all that he has been defeated by Me. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Or, is judged, i. e. is destined irrevocably for the punishment of eternal fire. And of this judgment is the world reproved, in that it is judged with its prince, the proud and ungodly one whom it imitates. Let men therefore believe in Christ, lest they be reproved of the sin of unbelief, by which all sins are retained; pass over to the number of the believing, lest they be reproved of the righteousness of those whom justified they do not imitate; beware of the judgment to come, lest with the prince of this world whom they …
Bede
He calls the devil "the ruler of this world" because he rules over those who, in a perverse way, love the world rather than the world's Maker. He was judged by the Lord when he said, "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven." He was judged by [the Lord] when he was casting out demons and when he gave his disciples the power of treading on all the power of the enemy. …
Thomas Aquinas
2097 Thirdly, the Holy Spirit reproves the world by the judgment. This is because the ruler of this world is already judged. It is the devil who is the ruler of this world, that is, of worldly people. He is the ruler, not by creation, but by his suggestions and their imitation of him: "Those on his side imitate him" (Wis 2:25); "He is king over all the sons of pride" (Job 41:34). …
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