ISBN: 9780217597654

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...them with a sorrow mixed with joy. The martyrs exulted to behold themselves on the verge of a glorious eternity. The faithful offered St. Fructuosus a cup of wine, but he would not taste it; saying, it was not yet the hour of breaking the fast, which was observed on Fridays till three o''clock, and it was then only ten in the morning. The holy man hoped to end the station, or fast of that day, with the patriarchs and prophets in heaven. When they were come into the amphitheatre, Augustalis, the bishop''s lector, came to him weeping, and begged he would permit him to pull off his shoes. The martyr said he could easily put them off himself, which he did. Felix, a Christian soldier, stept in, and desired he, would remember him in his prayers. Fructuosus said aloud: I am bound to pray for the whole Catholic church spread over the world from the east to the west; as if he had said, as St. Austin observes, who much applauds this sentence:(l) Remain always in the bosom of the Catholic church, and you will have a share in my prayers. Martial, one of his flock, desired him to speak some words of comfort to his desolate church. The bishop, turning to the Christains, said: My brethren, the Lord will not leave you a flock without a pastor. He is faithful to his promises. Do not grieve for me. The hour of my suffering is short. The martyrs were fastened to wooden stakes to be burnt; but the flame seemed at first to respect their bodies, having consumed only the bands with which their hands were tied, giving them liberty to stretch out their arms in the form of a cross in prayer, in which posture they gave up their souls to God before the fire had touched them. Babylas and Mygdone, two Christian servants of the governor, saw the heavens open, and... Alban Butler, Books, History, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (1845) Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217597654

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...them with a sorrow mixed with joy. The martyrs exulted to behold themselves on the verge of a glorious eternity. The faithful offered St. Fructuosus a cup of wine, but he would not taste it; saying, it was not yet the hour of breaking the fast, which was observed on Fridays till three o''clock, and it was then only ten in the morning. The holy man hoped to end the station, or fast of that day, with the patriarchs and prophets in heaven. When they were come into the amphitheatre, Augustalis, the bishop''s lector, came to him weeping, and begged he would permit him to pull off his shoes. The martyr said he could easily put them off himself, which he did. Felix, a Christian soldier, stept in, and desired he, would remember him in his prayers. Fructuosus said aloud: I am bound to pray for the whole Catholic church spread over the world from the east to the west; as if he had said, as St. Austin observes, who much applauds this sentence:(l) Remain always in the bosom of the Catholic church, and you will have a share in my prayers. Martial, one of his flock, desired him to speak some words of comfort to his desolate church. The bishop, turning to the Christains, said: My brethren, the Lord will not leave you a flock without a pastor. He is faithful to his promises. Do not grieve for me. The hour of my suffering is short. The martyrs were fastened to wooden stakes to be burnt; but the flame seemed at first to respect their bodies, having consumed only the bands with which their hands were tied, giving them liberty to stretch out their arms in the form of a cross in prayer, in which posture they gave up their souls to God before the fire had touched them. Babylas and Mygdone, two Christian servants of the governor, saw the heavens open, and... Alban Butler, Books, History, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (1845) Books>History <

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