Tertullian, Ad Martyras. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 3 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1885), public domain.
Passages · 6
- Ad Martyras Chapter 1 — IV. Blessed Martyrs Designate,—Along with the provision which our lady mother the Church from her bountiful breasts, and each brother out of his private means, makes for your bodily wants in the prison, accept also…vatican.va
- Ad Martyras Chapter 2 — Other things, hindrances equally of the soul, may have accompanied you as far as the prison gate, to which also your relatives may have attended you. There and thenceforth you were severed from the world; how much…vatican.va
- Ad Martyras Chapter 3 — Grant now, O blessed, that even to Christians the prison is unpleasant; yet we were called to the warfare of the living God in our very response to the sacramental words. Well, no soldier comes out to the campaign…vatican.va
- Ad Martyras Chapter 4 — From the saying of our Lord we know that the flesh is weak, the spirit willing. Let us not, withal, take delusive comfort from the Lord’s acknowledgment of the weakness of the flesh. For precisely on this account He…vatican.va
- Ad Martyras Chapter 5 — I leave out of account now the motive of glory. All these same cruel and painful conflicts, a mere vanity you find among men—in fact, a sort of mental disease—as trampled under foot. How many ease-lovers does the…vatican.va
- Ad Martyras Chapter 6 — Passing, too, from examples of enduring constancy having such an origin as this, let us turn to a simple contemplation of man’s estate in its ordinary conditions, that mayhap from things which happen to us whether we…vatican.va
Scripture cited · 4 verses
Matthew 6:21 · Matthew 26:41 · 1 Corinthians 9:25 · Ephesians 4:30