ACC ~ Ephesians 6 v16

THE CAPITAL VIRTUE. MARIUS VICTORINUS: He returns to that capital virtue, the shield of faith. It contains all the other virtues and brings them all to fulfillment. Unless we are armed with this shield we will not have the strength to battle courageously and resist all these deadly powers. But with the protection of faith we repel all these blows and whatever attacks come from the whole host of powers. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 2.6.16.

THE SHIELD OF FAITH. THEODORET: In place of a shield you are to have faith. For this shield is the insignia of God’s governance. This shield opens up to you the prizes of war, the eulogies of the victors, the crowns of heroes. All this quenches the “fiery darts of the evil one.” EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.16.

QUENCHING FIERY DARTS. CHRYSOSTOM: By “his darts” Paul means both temptations and perverse desires. He calls them fiery because that is the nature of the appetite. Faith is capable of commanding hosts of demons. How much more is faith capable of ordering the passions of the soul? OMILY ON EPHESIANS 24.6.14-17.

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