The Epistle of St. Paul According to Francis

Francis said...

“By means of peace and forgiveness we are called to overcome our true enemies, who are not of flesh and blood, but rather the evil spirits from without and from within ourselves (cf. Eph 6:12).”

— Francis’ address to Ilia II, the Patriarch of Georgia, 30 Sept 2016 —

the Epistle of St. Paul reads...

“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.”

*In the high places: or heavenly places. That is to say, in the air, the lowest of the celestial regions; in which God permits these wicked spirits or fallen angels to wander.

— Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Ephesians 6, 12 —

This modernist makes it up as he goes along!