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On the Advantage of Patience

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 15

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

15. Charity is the bond of brotherhood, the foundation

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of

peace

,

the

holdfast

and

security

of

unity

,

which

is

greater

than

both

hope

and

faith

,

which

excels

both

good

works

and

martyrdoms

,

which

will

abide

with

us

always

,

eternal

with

God

in

the

kingdom

of

heaven

.

Take

from

it

patience

;

and

deprived

of

it

,

it

does

not

endure

.

Take

from

it

the

substance

of

bearing

and

of

enduring

,

and

it

continues

with

no

roots

nor

strength

.

The

apostle

,

finally

,

when

he

would

speak

of

charity

,

joined

to

it

endurance

and

patience

.

“

Charity

,

”

he

says

,

“

is

large

-

souled

;

charity

is

kind

;

charity

envieth

not

,

is

not

puffed

up

,

is

not

provoked

,

thinketh

not

evil

;

loveth

all

things

,

believeth

all

things

,

hopeth

all

things

,

beareth

all

things

.

”

Thence

he

shows

that

it

can

tenaciously

persevere

,

because

it

knows

how

to

endure

all

things

.

And

in

another

place

:

“

Forbearing

one

another

,

”

he

says

,

“

in

love

,

using

every

effort

to

keep

the

unity

of

the

spirit

in

the

bond

of

peace

.

”

He

proved

that

neither

unity

nor

peace

could

be

kept

unless

brethren

should

cherish

one

another

with

mutual

toleration

,

and

should

keep

the

bond

of

concord

by

the

intervention

of

patience

.

Notes

35
1 Cor. xiii. 4–7.
36
Eph. iv. 2, 3.