On the Glory of Martyrdom
Pseudo-Cyprian
Section 30
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30. Therefore, beloved brethren, although this is altogether
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On the Glory of Martyrdom
Pseudo-Cyprian
30. Therefore, beloved brethren, although this is altogether
[Rev. vi. 9; also vol. i. p. 486, note 10, this series.]
[“Si tamen qui Christi compares estis aliquando peccastis;” not very happily translated, but extravagant at best.]
[Think, I say again, of three hundred years of such “fiery trial,” so marvellously sustained, and we shall gain new views of Christ’s power to perfect His own strength in human weakness. The life of these Christians was a conscious daily warfare against “the world, the flesh, and the devil;” and we must recognise this in all judgments of their discipline and their modes of thought.]