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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
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751 Preface. 752 Chapter I 753 Argument. Perpetua, When Besieged by Her Father, Comforts Him. When Led with Others to the Tribunal, She Avows Herself a Christian, and is Condemned with the Rest to the Wild Beasts. She Prays for Her Brother Dinocrates, Who Was Dead. 754 Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father. Her Third Vision, Wherein She is Led Away to Struggle Against an Egyptian. She Fights, Conquers, and Receives the Reward. 755 Argument. Saturus, in a Vision, and Perpetua Being Carried by Angels into the Great Light, Behold the Martyrs. Being Brought to the Throne of God, are Received with a Kiss. They Reconcile Optatus the Bishop and Aspasius the Presbyter. 756 Argument. Secundulus Dies in the Prison. Felicitas is Pregnant, But with Many Prayers She Brings Forth in the Eighth Month Without Suffering, the Courage of Perpetua and of Saturus Unbroken. 757 Argument. From the Prison They are Led Forth with Joy into the Amphitheatre, Especially Perpetua and Felicitas. All Refuse to Put on Profane Garments. They are Scourged, They are Thrown to the Wild Beasts. Saturus Twice is Unhurt. Perpetua and Felicitas are Thrown Down; They are Called Back to the Sanavivarian Gate. Saturus Wounded by a Leopard, Exhorts the Soldier. They Kiss One Another, and are Slain with the Sword. 758 Elucidations. 759 Chapter I 760 God Himself an Example of Patience. 761 Jesus Christ in His Incarnation and Work a More Imitable Example Thereof. 762 Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught Us by Slaves. Even by Beasts. Obedient Imitation is Founded on Patience. 763 As God is the Author of Patience So the Devil is of Impatience. 764 Patience Both Antecedent and Subsequent to Faith. 765 The Causes of Impatience, and Their Correspondent Precepts. 766 Of Patience Under Personal Violence and Malediction. 767 Of Patience Under Bereavement. 768 Of Revenge. 769 Further Reasons for Practising Patience. Its Connection with the Beatitudes. 770 Certain Other Divine Precepts. The Apostolic Description of Charity. Their Connection with Patience. 771 Of Bodily Patience. 772 The Power of This Twofold Patience, the Spiritual and the Bodily. Exemplified in the Saints of Old. 773 General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience. 774 The Patience of the Heathen Very Different from Christian Patience. Theirs Doomed to Perdition. Ours Destined to Salvation. 775 Elucidations.
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783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters
751 Preface. 752 Chapter I 753 Argument. Perpetua, When Besieged by Her Father, Comforts Him. When Led with Others to the Tribunal, She Avows Herself a Christian, and is Condemned with the Rest to the Wild Beasts. She Prays for Her Brother Dinocrates, Who Was Dead. 754 Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father. Her Third Vision, Wherein She is Led Away to Struggle Against an Egyptian. She Fights, Conquers, and Receives the Reward. 755 Argument. Saturus, in a Vision, and Perpetua Being Carried by Angels into the Great Light, Behold the Martyrs. Being Brought to the Throne of God, are Received with a Kiss. They Reconcile Optatus the Bishop and Aspasius the Presbyter. 756 Argument. Secundulus Dies in the Prison. Felicitas is Pregnant, But with Many Prayers She Brings Forth in the Eighth Month Without Suffering, the Courage of Perpetua and of Saturus Unbroken. 757 Argument. From the Prison They are Led Forth with Joy into the Amphitheatre, Especially Perpetua and Felicitas. All Refuse to Put on Profane Garments. They are Scourged, They are Thrown to the Wild Beasts. Saturus Twice is Unhurt. Perpetua and Felicitas are Thrown Down; They are Called Back to the Sanavivarian Gate. Saturus Wounded by a Leopard, Exhorts the Soldier. They Kiss One Another, and are Slain with the Sword. 758 Elucidations. 759 Chapter I 760 God Himself an Example of Patience. 761 Jesus Christ in His Incarnation and Work a More Imitable Example Thereof. 762 Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught Us by Slaves. Even by Beasts. Obedient Imitation is Founded on Patience. 763 As God is the Author of Patience So the Devil is of Impatience. 764 Patience Both Antecedent and Subsequent to Faith. 765 The Causes of Impatience, and Their Correspondent Precepts. 766 Of Patience Under Personal Violence and Malediction. 767 Of Patience Under Bereavement. 768 Of Revenge. 769 Further Reasons for Practising Patience. Its Connection with the Beatitudes. 770 Certain Other Divine Precepts. The Apostolic Description of Charity. Their Connection with Patience. 771 Of Bodily Patience. 772 The Power of This Twofold Patience, the Spiritual and the Bodily. Exemplified in the Saints of Old. 773 General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience. 774 The Patience of the Heathen Very Different from Christian Patience. Theirs Doomed to Perdition. Ours Destined to Salvation. 775 Elucidations.
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783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters
751 Preface. 752 Chapter I 753 Argument. Perpetua, When Besieged by Her Father, Comforts Him. When Led with Others to the Tribunal, She Avows Herself a Christian, and is Condemned with the Rest to the Wild Beasts. She Prays for Her Brother Dinocrates, Who Was Dead. 754 Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father. Her Third Vision, Wherein She is Led Away to Struggle Against an Egyptian. She Fights, Conquers, and Receives the Reward. 755 Argument. Saturus, in a Vision, and Perpetua Being Carried by Angels into the Great Light, Behold the Martyrs. Being Brought to the Throne of God, are Received with a Kiss. They Reconcile Optatus the Bishop and Aspasius the Presbyter. 756 Argument. Secundulus Dies in the Prison. Felicitas is Pregnant, But with Many Prayers She Brings Forth in the Eighth Month Without Suffering, the Courage of Perpetua and of Saturus Unbroken. 757 Argument. From the Prison They are Led Forth with Joy into the Amphitheatre, Especially Perpetua and Felicitas. All Refuse to Put on Profane Garments. They are Scourged, They are Thrown to the Wild Beasts. Saturus Twice is Unhurt. Perpetua and Felicitas are Thrown Down; They are Called Back to the Sanavivarian Gate. Saturus Wounded by a Leopard, Exhorts the Soldier. They Kiss One Another, and are Slain with the Sword. 758 Elucidations. 759 Chapter I 760 God Himself an Example of Patience. 761 Jesus Christ in His Incarnation and Work a More Imitable Example Thereof. 762 Duty of Imitating Our Master Taught Us by Slaves. Even by Beasts. Obedient Imitation is Founded on Patience. 763 As God is the Author of Patience So the Devil is of Impatience. 764 Patience Both Antecedent and Subsequent to Faith. 765 The Causes of Impatience, and Their Correspondent Precepts. 766 Of Patience Under Personal Violence and Malediction. 767 Of Patience Under Bereavement. 768 Of Revenge. 769 Further Reasons for Practising Patience. Its Connection with the Beatitudes. 770 Certain Other Divine Precepts. The Apostolic Description of Charity. Their Connection with Patience. 771 Of Bodily Patience. 772 The Power of This Twofold Patience, the Spiritual and the Bodily. Exemplified in the Saints of Old. 773 General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience. 774 The Patience of the Heathen Very Different from Christian Patience. Theirs Doomed to Perdition. Ours Destined to Salvation. 775 Elucidations.
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