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Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 06 — Section 1194

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Passage referenceNicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 06 — Section 1194
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 6

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23. It is not enough to speak of men; brute animals were also daily brought to him in a state of madness, and among them a Bactrian camel of enormous size amid the shouts of thirty men or more who held him tight with stout ropes. He had already injured many. His eyes were bloodshot, his mouth filled with foam, his rolling tongue swollen, and above every other source of terror was his loud and hideous roar. Well, the old man ordered him to be let go. At once those who brought him as well as the attendants of the saint fled away without exception. The saint went by himself to meet him, a…
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library — NPNF2-06 UTF-8 text
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