The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail No. 2 | Orthodox Christian Lightweight Cotton Unisex T-ShirtThe Church is each one of us who has become a house of God. For if we have been established on the confession of Christ, the gates of hades, which are our sins, will not prevail against us. It was from these gates that David, too, had been lifted up when he said, 'O Thou that dost raise me up from the gates of death' (Psalm 9: 13). From what gates, O David? From those twin gates of murder and adultery. + Blessed Theophylact

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