Opening the library…

Home Bible Corpus Discover You

Search the Bible

On Works and Alms

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 21

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

21. What sort of gift is it, beloved brethren, whose

‹ Section 20 Section 22 ›

setting

forth

is

celebrated

in

the

sight

of

God

?

If

,

in

a

gift

of

the

Gentiles

,

it

seems

a

great

and

glorious

thing

to

have

proconsuls

or

emperors

present

,

and

the

preparation

and

display

is

the

greater

among

the

givers

,

in

order

that

they

may

please

the

higher

classes

;

how

much

more

illustrious

and

greater

is

the

glory

to

have

God

and

Christ

as

the

spectators

of

the

gift

!

How

much

more

sumptuous

the

preparation

and

more

liberal

the

expense

to

be

set

forth

in

that

case

,

when

the

powers

of

heaven

assemble

to

the

spectacle

,

when

all

the

angels

come

together

:

where

it

is

not

a

four

-

horsed

chariot

or

a

consulship

that

is

sought

for

the

giver

,

but

life

eternal

is

bestowed

;

nor

is

the

empty

and

fleeting

favour

of

the

rabble

grasped

at

,

but

the

perpetual

reward

of

the

kingdom

of

heaven

is

received

!