Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 89

89. That the end of the world comes suddenly.

The apostle says: &#8220;The day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. When they shall say, Peace and security, then on them shall come sudden destruction.&#8221; Also in the Acts of the Apostles: &#8220;No one can know the times or the seasons which the Father has placed in His own power.&#8221;