Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the saints of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus."[142] Methodius Discourse VIII. Thekla -Exhortation to the Cultivation of Virginity; A Passage from the Apocalypse is Proposed to Be Examined.[10] John, in the course of the Apocalypse, says:[12]