A Study of the Thaïs Legend with Special Reference to Hrothsvitha's "Paphnutius"University of Pennsylvania, 1922 - 117 pages |
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Page 32 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 27 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Page 98 - Paphnutius had already begun to return thanks to God. But Anthony made a sign to him to be silent, and to listen to the Fool, who murmured in his ecstasy — 'The three virgins speak to me; they say unto me: 'A saint is about to quit the earth ; Thais of Alexandria is dying. And we have prepared the bed of her glory, for we are her virtues — Faith, Fear, and Love.
Page 41 - And the blessed Bessarion said unto the head of the house, "Give her a pound of dry bread each day, and water according to her need." Then the blessed woman Thais said unto the venerable Bessarion, "With what petition dost thou command me to pray unto God? That He should forgive me my sins?" The blessed Bessarion said unto her, "Thou art neither worthy to pray unto God, nor to make mention of His Name with thy lips, nor to stretch out thy hands unto Him; for thy lips are unclean and polluted, and...
Page 41 - I have gathered together by means of sin"; and the things which were burned were worth three hundred pounds of gold, and there were there also goods and apparel of all kinds; and after she had burned up everything she went to the blessed man Bessarion. And when Bessarion saw her he took her by...
Page 42 - Then a voice came unto him from heaven, saying, "This couch is not for Anthony, thy father, but for Thais the harlot"; and the blessed Paul rose up early in the morning and related the vision which he had seen. And the blessed Mar Bessarion came back from Abba Anthony in great joy, and he went to the religious house of the sisterhood, and he opened the door that he might bring the woman out from the cell wherein she was secluded; but she made entreaty unto him, saying, "Leave me here until my death,...
Page 41 - And having dwelt in that cell for a space of about three years, the blessed Bessarion had mercy upon her, and the blessed man went to AbbS Anthony that he might learn from him whether God had forgiven her her sins or not. Then having spoken concerning her unto Anthony, that blessed man called unto his disciples, and said unto them, 'Let each one of you shut himself in (his) cell all night, and pray ye unto God that we may see unto whom shall be revealed the matter concerning which the blessed Bessarion...
Page 32 - Ezech. xviii. 23, / desire not the death of the sinner, but that he should be converted, and live...
Page 19 - I may eat once every four days,' and she did so; and after a few days more she besought the mistress of the nunnery, saying, 'Do an act of grace for me. Since I have made God exceedingly angry, take me into a cell and wall it up, and through a small opening therein give me a little bread and work for my hands (to do)'.
Page 42 - I entered this cell I have made all my sins a ! mighty burden and I have set it before my eyes, in such wise that as the breath of my nostrils hath not separated itself from me, so my sins have not separated themselves from me until this hour.