Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 13 — Section 438
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Volume 13
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 13
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But this work which his adversaries failed to put down, the over-zeal of an admirer brought to a sudden close. One of the recluses of the Mount, having occasion to visit the city, saw him and followed him crying, "This is the fan in the Lord's hand, wherewith He wilt purge all His floor, and the tares of heresy: this is the fire whereof our Lord said, I am come to send fire on the earth" (St. Matth. iii. 12, St. Luke xii. 49). Hearing this, certain chief men of the city, heretics, heathens, and Jews, seized him and drew him outside the gates, stoned him and left him wellnigh dead. Next…
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