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On the Glory of Martyrdom

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 22

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Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

22. For you deserve, O excellent martyrs, that

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nothing

should

be

denied

to

you

who

are

nourished

with

the

hope

of

eternity

and

of

light

;

whose

absolute

devotion

,

and

whose

mind

dedicated

to

the

service

of

heaven

,

is

evidently

seen

.

Deservedly

,

I

say

deservedly

,

nothing

to

you

is

forbidden

to

wish

for

,

since

by

your

soul

this

world

is

looked

down

upon

,

and

the

alienated

appearance

of

the

time

has

made

you

to

shudder

,

as

if

it

were

a

confused

blindness

of

darkness

;

to

whom

this

world

is

always

regarded

in

the

light

of

a

dungeon

,

its

dwellings

for

restraints

,

in

a

life

which

has

always

been

esteemed

by

you

as

a

period

of

delay

on

a

journey

.

Thus

,

indeed

,

in

the

triumph

of

victory

he

is

snatched

from

these

evils

,

whom

no

vain

ambition

with

pompous

step

has

subdued

,

nor

popular

greatness

has

elated

,

but

whom

,

burning

with

heavenly

desire

,

Christ

has

added

to

His

kingdom

.