“”Purposeless renunciation, the renunciation of the dervish or fakir, can never appeal to the Western world. But the renunciation of the martyrs was neither purposeless nor self-centered. As their name shows, they were ‘witnesses’; as the needle turns to the Pole, so they must point, not to themselves, but to another.” Herbert Workman, Persecution in […]
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“Even stalwarts must live, and to some extent conform to the usages of society. Where to draw the line was a matter of debate, upon which the Church was hopelessly divided. Then, as now, there were two parties; the one, which for lack of a better term we may call Puritan, making up for the
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“The Christians, they said, reduce our deities to devils. ‘They despise the temples as dead houses, they scorn the gods, they mock sacred things.’ To this charge there was no possible answer, inasmuch as it was true; the glory and danger of the Christian faith.” Herbert Workman, Persecution in the Early Church, pp. 69.
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O come, O come, Immanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. “O Come, Immanuel” is my favorite Christmas hymn. The aching tune brings two things to mind each year. First, it reminds me that Christ has
“By correct instinct, paganisms of all sorts discerned in the infant Church their only rival. So, while the new Hercules was yet in the cradle, they sent their snakes to kill him. But Hercules lived to cleanse out the Augean stalls.” Herbert Workman, Persecution in the Early Church, pp. 66.
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