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On the Vanity of Idols

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 14

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

14. That they would do this He Himself also had foretold

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;

and

the

testimony

of

all

the

prophets

had

in

like

manner

preceded

Him

,

that

it

behoved

Him

to

suffer

,

not

that

He

might

feel

death

,

but

that

He

might

conquer

death

,

and

that

,

when

He

should

have

suffered

,

He

should

return

again

into

heaven

,

to

show

the

power

of

the

divine

majesty

.

Therefore

the

course

of

events

fulfilled

the

promise

.

For

when

crucified

,

the

office

of

the

executioner

being

forestalled

,

He

Himself

of

His

own

will

yielded

up

His

spirit

,

and

on

the

third

day

freely

rose

again

from

the

dead

.

He

appeared

to

His

disciples

like

as

He

had

been

.

He

gave

Himself

to

the

recognition

of

those

that

saw

Him

,

associated

together

with

Him

;

and

being

evident

by

the

substance

of

His

bodily

existence

,

He

delayed

for

forty

days

,

that

they

might

be

instructed

by

Him

in

the

precepts

of

life

,

and

might

learn

what

they

were

to

teach

.

Then

in

a

cloud

spread

around

Him

He

was

lifted

up

into

heaven

,

that

as

a

conqueror

He

might

bring

to

the

Father

,

Man

whom

He

loved

,

whom

He

put

on

,

whom

He

shielded

from

death

;

soon

to

come

from

heaven

for

the

punishment

of

the

devil

and

to

the

judgment

of

the

human

race

,

with

the

force

of

an

avenger

and

with

the

power

of

a

judge

;

whilst

the

disciples

,

scattered

over

the

world

,

at

the

bidding

of

their

Master

and

God

gave

forth

His

precepts

for

salvation

,

guided

men

from

their

wandering

in

darkness

to

the

way

of

light

,

and

gave

eyes

to

the

blind

and

ignorant

for

the

acknowledgment

of

the

truth

.

Notes

19
[John x. 18. See Pearson, Creed, art. v. p. 424.]