Paul the Apostle
Early Christian missionary whose letters are part of the New Testament.
died c. 64–67 CE
The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage
Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)
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Sic et apostolus Paulus post naufragia, post flagella, post carnis et corporis multa et grauia tormenta non uexari sed ‖305‖ emendari se dicit aduersis, ut dum grauius adfligitur uerius probaretur.
The apostle Paul, too, after shipwrecks, after whippings, after many cruel torments of flesh and body, says that hardships did not harm him but made him better, so that the harder he was struck, the more truly he was proven.