ACC ~ 1 Peter 5 v4

WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD IS MANIFESTED. AUGUSTINE: While thinking of himself as a martyr to be, Cyprian did not allow himself to forget that he was still a bishop and was more anxious about the account he was to give to the chief shepherd concerning the sheep committed to him than he was about the answer he would give to the unbelieving proconsul, concerning his own faith. SERMONS 309.4.

LET THE WOLF LOOK AT THE SEAL. SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN: Can death have any power over the souls which have been sealed by the grace of the Holy Spirit and the blood of Christ? Dare the spiritual wolf look straight at the seal of Christ the good shepherd, which he places on his own sheep? By no means, faithful brothers of godly mind! DISCOURSES 2.5.

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