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Behold and know the Lord

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Then she went running into her bed-chamber, saying, What shall I say of thee, searcher out of sinners, who art most present with us in tribulations. Thy goodness does these things, since for the sake of man whom thou didst make thou didst go down even to death, for, however much man stir thee to anger many times, yet thou, Lord, pourest out thy mercies upon him. O depth of compassion and wealth of mercy; O immeasurable goodness and incomparable kindness; O treasure of good things, and giver of mercy, and enricher of all that believe in thee! If, therefore, … Continue reading Behold and know the Lord

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Praise him ye ungodly

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And as they went into the chamber, they heard her singing. Praise the Lord ye sinners also, because he accepts your prayers also. Alleluia. Praise the Lord ye that have despaired like me, for many are his mercies. Alleluia. Praise him ye ungodly, because for you he was crucified. Alleluia. Praise him ye that strive for the salvation of sinners, because God loves you. Alleluia. Praise him, ye that rejoice at the calling of sinners, because ye are fellow-citizens with the saints. Alleluia. As she said these words and more than these with tears, the wise men Barandus and Gnosteas … Continue reading Praise him ye ungodly

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Such gods

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Therefore, O men of Greece, if ye will have such gods as these, do not find fault with one another when ye do such-like things. Be not angry with thy son when he forms the design to kill thee: because he thus resembles the sovereign of the gods. And, if a man commit adultery with thy wife, why dost thou think of him as an enemy, and yet to the sovereign of the gods, who is like him, doest worship and service? Why, too, dost thou find fault with thy wife when she has committed adultery and leads a dissolute … Continue reading Such gods

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Confession

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Sharbil said: Thou hast driven in nails between my eyes, even as nails were driven into the hands of the glorious Architect of the creation, and by reason of this did all orders of the creation tremble and quake at that season. For these tortures which lo! thou art inflicting on me are nothing in view of that judgment which is to come. For those “whose ways are always firm,” because “they have not the judgment of God before their eyes,” and who on this account do not even confess that God exists—neither will He confess them. The judge said: … Continue reading Confession

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The 6th sense

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Psuedo-Clement writing. “For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,” Says the Lord of hosts.” – Malachi written 450-430 BCE according to wide scholarly consensus. “Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the … Continue reading The 6th sense

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Domestics are to be treated like ourselves

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Pre-Nicea means the unanimous view of Christian writers for about the first 300 years of Christianity’s existence. Pre Constantine and so pre Colonialism and pre Translatlantic slave trade and pre crusades etc etc etc. Rather, during a time when Christianity was expanding without the aid of the state and actually being persecuted on and off by the state itself. This was before Galerius had his change of heart and Constantine and Licinius changed the status of Christianity in the Roman empire. God bless… Continue reading Domestics are to be treated like ourselves