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On the Glory of Martyrdom

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 11

About this work

Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

11. If you fear to lose salvation, know that

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you

can

die

;

and

,

moreover

,

death

should

be

contemned

by

you

,

for

whom

Christ

was

slain

.

Let

the

examples

of

the

Lords

passion

,

I

beseech

you

,

pass

before

your

eyes

;

let

the

offerings

,

and

the

rewards

,

and

the

distinctions

prepared

come

together

before

you

,

and

look

carefully

at

both

events

,

how

great

a

difficulty

they

have

between

them

.

For

you

will

not

be

able

to

confess

unless

you

know

what

a

great

mischief

you

do

if

you

deny

.

Martyrs

rejoice

in

heaven

;

the

fire

will

consume

those

who

are

enemies

of

the

truth

.

The

paradise

of

God

blooms

for

the

witnesses

;

Gehenna

will

enfold

the

deniers

,

and

eternal

fire

will

burn

them

up

.

And

,

to

say

nothing

of

other

matters

,

this

assuredly

ought

rather

to

urge

us

,

that

the

confession

of

one

word

is

maintained

by

the

everlasting

confession

of

Christ

;

as

it

is

written

,

“

Whosoever

shall

confess

me

on

earth

before

men

,

him

also

will

I

confess

before

my

Father

,

and

before

His

angels

.

”

To

this

are

added

,

by

way

of

an

enhancement

of

glory

,

the

adornments

of

virtue

;

for

He

says

,

“

The

righteous

shall

shine

as

sparks

that

run

to

and

fro

among

the

stubble

;

they

shall

judge

the

nations

,

and

shall

have

dominion

over

the

peoples

.

”

Notes

10
Luke xxii. 8.
11
Wisd. iii. 7.