Fathers

Loading…

What the Fathers say

Psalms 62:1

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

From him truly is patience, true patience, holy patience, religious patience, right patience; Christian patience is a gift of God. For many robbers also suffer most patiently; and while not yielding and overcoming the torturer, afterwards are punished with eternal fire. The cause distinguishes the martyr from patience, or rather, from the hardness of the wicked. The punishment is the same, but the cause is different. …

Sermon 274 ↗