On Anger, Human and Divine

Anger arises from offences against oneself, enmity may arise even without that; we may hate people merely because of what we take to be their character. Anger is always concerned with individuals… whereas hatred is directed also against classes…Anger can be cured by time, but hatred cannot…the angry man wants his victims to feel; the hater does not mind whether they feel or not. ..[for] the greatest evils, injustice and […]

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Novatian: On the Trinity

Divine Simplicity For when the eyes are spoken of, it is implied that He sees all things; and when the ear, it is set forth that He hears all things; and when the finger, a certain energy of His will is opened up; and when the nostrils, His recognition of prayers is shown forth as of odours; and when the hand, it is proved that He is the author of […]

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Hippolytus On Dual Natures of Christ

Thus then, too, though demonstrated as God, He does not refuse the conditions proper to Him as man, since He hungers and toils and thirsts in weariness, and flees in fear, and prays in trouble. And He who as God has a sleepless nature, slumbers on a pillow. And He who for this end came into the world, begs off from the cup of suffering. And in an agony He […]

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