Saints
group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the saints · all the saints · the choir of the saints
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Saints1 mention
Barlaam and Josaphat (Greek)
All the saints, then, hearing this commandment, took care to separate themselves entirely from such a difficulty of wealth;
in the texts
Letters
The saints, collectively cited as partakers of eternal reward.
These things, then, I have willingly taken upon myself, that I may receive what has been promised to the martyrs of Christ and to all the other saints;
Reckoning the dissolution of body and soul to be the deliverance from every evil, await the enjoyment of the eternal good things, of which all the saints have become partakers.
Stromata
The community of saints with whom the gnostic prays and lives.
and even if he prays alone, he has the choir of the saints standing with him.
Increasing, then, the seeds laid up within him according to the husbandry the Lord commanded, he remains free from sin, and becomes self-controlled, and passes his life with those like him in spirit, among the choirs of the saints, even while still held upon earth.
Barlaam and Josaphat
The company of Christian saints, cited as those who followed Christ's command to renounce wealth through martyrdom or ascetic life.
All the saints, then, hearing this commandment, took care to separate themselves entirely from such a difficulty of wealth;
So then, since the Savior commands these things, and the Prophets and Apostles proclaim them, and all the saints in deed and word press us toward the most unerring way of virtue, even if few are those who travel it and more are those who prefer the broad way that leads to destruction, the conduct of this godly philosophy will not be lessened on that account.