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An Address to Demetrianus

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 5

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

5. Moreover, that wars continue frequently to prevail, that

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death

and

famine

accumulate

anxiety

,

that

health

is

shattered

by

raging

diseases

,

that

the

human

race

is

wasted

by

the

desolation

of

pestilence

,

know

that

this

was

foretold

;

that

evils

should

be

multiplied

in

the

last

times

,

and

that

misfortunes

should

be

varied

;

and

that

as

the

day

of

judgment

is

now

drawing

nigh

,

the

censure

of

an

indignant

God

should

be

more

and

more

aroused

for

the

scourging

of

the

human

race

.

For

these

things

happen

not

,

as

your

false

complaining

and

ignorant

inexperience

of

the

truth

asserts

and

repeats

,

because

your

gods

are

not

worshipped

by

us

,

but

because

God

is

not

worshipped

by

you

.

For

since

He

is

Lord

and

Ruler

of

the

world

,

and

all

things

are

carried

on

by

His

will

and

direction

,

nor

can

anything

be

done

save

what

He

Himself

has

done

or

allowed

to

be

done

,

certainly

when

those

things

occur

which

show

the

anger

of

an

offended

God

,

they

happen

not

on

account

of

us

by

whom

God

is

worshipped

,

but

they

are

called

down

by

your

sins

and

deservings

,

by

whom

God

is

neither

in

any

way

sought

nor

feared

,

because

your

vain

superstitions

are

not

forsaken

,

nor

the

true

religion

known

in

such

wise

that

He

who

is

the

one

God

over

all

might

alone

be

worshipped

and

petitioned

.