Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 3
Tertullian — Latin Christianity
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Chapter X.--Of Revenge.
Chapter X.--Of Revenge. There is, too, another chief spur of impatience, the lust of revenge, dealing with the business either of glory or else of malice. But "glory," on the one hand, is everywhere "vain;" [9111] and malice, on the other, is always [9112] odious to the Lord; in this case indeed most of all, when, being provoke…
1,203 wordsSECTION 442Chapter XII.--Certain Other Divine Precepts. The Apostolic Description of Charity. Their Connection with Patience.
Chapter XII.--Certain Other Divine Precepts. The Apostolic Description of Charity. Their Connection with Patience. As regards the rule of peace, which [9132] is so pleasing to God, who in the world that is prone to impatience [9133] will even once forgive his brother, I will not say "seven times," or [9134] "seventy-seven times…
773 wordsSECTION 443Chapter XIII.--Of Bodily Patience.
Chapter XIII.--Of Bodily Patience. Thus far, finally, of patience simple and uniform, and as it exists merely in the mind: though in many forms likewise I labour after it in body, for the purpose of "winning the Lord;" [9150] inasmuch as it is a quality which has been exhibited by the Lord Himself in bodily virtue as well; if i…
1,177 wordsSECTION 444Chapter XV.--General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience.
Chapter XV.--General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience. So amply sufficient a Depositary of patience is God. If it be a wrong which you deposit in His care, He is an Avenger; if a loss, He is a Restorer; if pain, He is a Healer; if death, He is a Reviver. What honour is granted to Patience, to have God as her Debto…
2,394 wordsSECTION 445Proverbs
Proverbs [852]1:7 [853]1:20-21 [854]3:11-12 [855]8 [856]8:22 [857]8:22 [858]8:22 [859]8:22 [860]8:22 [861]8:22-23 [862]8:22-25 [863]8:24 [864]8:25 [865]8:27 [866]8:27 [867]8:27-30 [868]8:27-31 [869]8:28 [870]8:28 [871]8:30 [872]9:2 [873]9:10 [874]21:1 [875]24:12 [876]28:13 Ecclesiastes [877]1:15 [878]3:17 [879]5:6 Song of So…
2,359 wordsSECTION 4461 Corinthians
1 Corinthians [3185]1:3 [3186]1:3 [3187]1:10 [3188]1:10 [3189]1:11-12 [3190]1:12-15 [3191]1:14 [3192]1:16 [3193]1:17 [3194]1:18 [3195]1:19 [3196]1:19 [3197]1:20 [3198]1:20 [3199]1:20 [3200]1:21 [3201]1:21 [3202]1:22 [3203]1:23 [3204]1:23 [3205]1:24 [3206]1:25 [3207]1:25 [3208]1:27 [3209]1:27 [3210]1:27 [3211]1:27 [3212]1:27 [32…
2,865 wordsSECTION 447Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases
Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases * hnh'ys tsm smn: [4689]1 * h'rmh: [4690]1 * h'rm: [4691]1 * hlmh: [4692]1 * vythz sr: [4693]1 * krch'l: [4694]1 * lchlm: [4695]1 * lvvvz: [4696]1 * lvnh: [4697]1 * yyv: [4698]1 * qll: [4699]1 * rhs lgy rkr tvv: [4700]1 Index of French Words and Phrases * ,: [4701]1 * :: [4702]1 * Abbé Guetté…
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