Church Fathers V3 - Fr George Grube - Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox ...
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+ If one man should suffer all the sorrows of the entire host of saints in the<br />
world, they are not equal to one hour's glory in heaven.<br />
- St. John Chrysostom<br />
+ Gehenna is a place where those who have lived wickedly will be punished.<br />
(Ed. Gehenna is a term signifying a place of eternal punishment.)<br />
- St. Justin Martyr<br />
+ A body in a tomb is like trees that hide their foliage in winter with a deceptive<br />
dryness. Why are you so impatient for it to spring back to life while the winter is<br />
still raw? We, too, must wait for the springtime of the body.<br />
- Mark Minucius Felix<br />
+ Christ foretold that Satan would be sent into the fire with his host, along with<br />
the men who follow him, and they would be punished for an endless duration.<br />
- St. Justin Martyr<br />
+ There are many people who show greater care for their bodies than they do<br />
for their soul. But they should devote a greater concern for their soul, wherein<br />
lies the image of God. When the flesh, which some love so much, begins to be<br />
devoured by worms in the grave, the soul is presented to God by the angels in<br />
heaven.<br />
- Caesar of Arles<br />
+ The unjust and the intemperate will be punished in an external fire.<br />
- St. Justin Martyr<br />
+ The upright, good, wise and righteous neither fear death, nor tremble at its<br />
mention because of the great hope that is before them. And at all times they are<br />
mindful of death, their exodus, and of the final day, when the children of Adam<br />
will be all be judged.<br />
- Aphrahat<br />
+ We shall live in intimacy with God in heaven, our souls steadfast and free<br />
from passion. Even if we have flesh, it will not appear so, since we will have<br />
heavenly spirits.<br />
- St. Athenagoras<br />
+ Some are sent to be punished unceasingly into judgment and condemnation<br />
of fire. Others will exist in immortality, with freedom from suffering, from<br />
corruption, and from grief.<br />
- St. Justin Martyr<br />
+ Rusticus, the prefect, said: "Do you suppose that you will ascend into heaven<br />
to receive some recompense?" Justin replied, "I do not just suppose it, but I am<br />
fully persuaded of it."<br />
- "Martyrdom of Holy Martys"<br />
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