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Composed in AD 233, Origen’s Prayer combines both a theological treatise on prayer and a unique expression of prayer. Exhortation to Martyrdom, also in this volume, was written to provide solace to Origen’s great friend and patron, Ambrose, and the presbyter, Protoctetus, both of whom had been imprisoned. Exhortation to Martyrdom was written in AD 235.

(Εἰς μαρτύριον προτρεπτικός)1 Weaned from milk, drawn away from the breast—accept tribulation upon tribulation, accept hope upon hope—after a little, after a little—through contempt of lips, through another tongue.2 You, too, my most pious friends in God, Ambrose and Protoctetus,3 according to Isaias are no longer carnal, nor infants in Christ, but rather have advanced in the age of intelligence.4 You no longer have need of
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