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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.

from the gloomy dwelling of death, so to speak, to the dwellings built up of living stones276 and flooded with the light of life. Jesus hath laid down His life for us, and let us, therefore, lay down ours:277 I shall not say for Him, but for ourselves, and I should think for all them that will be edified by our martyrdom. The time has come for us Christians to glory in ourselves, for it is written: Not only so; but we glory also in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience
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