 | Alban Butler - 1845 - 436 pages
...wearied with hearing constantly the same thing, asked him why he al(1) S. Hier. in Galat. c. 6. ways repeated the same words, he replied, " Because it...to be engraved in characters of gold, or rather to he written in the heart of every Christian. St. John died in peace at Ephesus, in the third year of... | |
 | Christian seasons - 1854 - 312 pages
...with hearing always the same tiling, asked him why he always repeated the same words, he answered, ' Because it is the precept of the Lord, and if you comply with it, you do enough.' An answer," says the same writer, " worthy of St. John, the beloved disciple of Christ, and which ought to be engraven... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1860 - 340 pages
...OTHSR." And when wearied with the same thing they asked him why he repeated this so often, he said, " Because it is the precept of the LORD, and if you comply with it, you do enough." So purely religious and forgiving was he, that he went out into the wilderness after a young man, once... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1866 - 552 pages
...wearied with hearing constantly the same thing, asked him why he al (1) S. Ilier. in Galat. c. 6. ways repeated the same words, he replied, " Because it...be engraved in characters of gold, or rather to be written in the heart of every Christian. St. John died in peace at Ephesus, in the third year of Trajan,... | |
 | 1869 - 544 pages
...the constant repetition of the same words, asked why he thus spoke to them so often the same thing, he replied, " Because it is the precept of the Lord, and if you comply with it, you do enough." We must, then, consider Divine Love or Charity as the secret, the key-note, of S. John's life. But... | |
 | James J. L. Ratton - 1915 - 566 pages
...time said to his flock only these words ; " My dear children, love one another." When his audience wearied with hearing constantly the same thing, asked...the Lord, and if you comply with it, you do enough " (S. Hier. in Galat., c. vi. See jhn. xiii. 34, and xv. 12). Here it is worthy of note that there... | |
 | Stephen Payseur, Michael Owen - 2001 - 116 pages
..."My dear children, love one another"-and when asked why he so often repeated the same words, he said, "Because it is the precept of the Lord and if you comply with it you do enough." 3 Sources: 1 Robert Jones http://www.sundayschoolcourses.com 2 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Question 169.... | |
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... to be carried to the assembly of the faithful by his disciples with great difficulty ; and every time said to his flock only these words : " My dear children, love one another. 