Cyprian Treatise V An Address to Demetrianus As, then, when Egypt was smitten, the Jewish people could not escape except by the blood and the sign of the lamb; so also, when the world shall begin to be desolated and smitten, whoever is found in the blood and the sign of Christ alone shall escape.[4... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth "Now, sir," I continued, "explain to me, with respect to the mountains, why their forms are various and diverse." "Listen," he said: "these mountains are the twelve tribes, which inhabit the whole world.[29] Methodius Discourse VI. Agathe and I join with their c... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V This, too, is the reason that this tribe is not reckoned in the Apocalypse along with those which are saved.[257]... [ Continue Reading ]
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs XII For our father loved Rachel dearly, and prayed that he might see two sons born from her: therefore was I called the son of days, which is Benjamin.[1]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus And he said unto me, These are they who have come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Scorpiace For yet again a countless throng are revealed, clothed in white and distinguished by palms of victory, celebrating their triumph doubtless over Antichrist, since one of the elders says, "These are they who come out of that great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and mad... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh The angel echoes the same to John: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; "[447] Revelation of Saint John the Theologian After that there is no pain, there is no grief, there is no groaning; there is no recollection of evils, there are no t... [ Continue Reading ]