Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Judith 15:1
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 81, footnote 2 (Image)
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83. The Persians were terrified at her daring.[Judith 15:1] And so what is admired in the case of those two Pythagoreans deserves also in her case our admiration, for she trembled not at the danger of death, nor even at the danger her modesty was in, which is a matter of greater concern to good women. She feared not the blow of one scoundrel, nor even the weapons of a whole army. She, a woman, stood between the lines of the combatants—right amidst victorious arms—heedless of death. As one looks at her overwhelming danger, one ...