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To die in agony upon a cross does not create a martyr; he must first will his own execution.
-Henrik Ibsen
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To Die In Agony Upon A Cross

Henrik Ibsen
To die in agony upon a cross does not create a martyr; he must first will his own execution.
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In the cross is salvation; in the cross is life; in the cross is protection against our enemies; in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the cross is strength of mind; in the cross is joy of spirit; in the cross is excellence of virtue; in the cross is perfection of holiness. there is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the cross.
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The whole life of christ was a continual passion; others die martyrs but christ was born a martyr. he found a golgotha even in bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first as his cross at last. his birth and his death were but one continual act, and his christmas day and his good friday are but the evening and morning of one and the same day. and as even his birth is his death, so every action and passage that manifests christ to us is his birth, for epiphany is manifestation.
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But we are gravely mistaken to think that christianity protects us from the pain and agony of mortal existence. christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear. to be a christian, one must take up his cross, with all of its difficulties and agonizing and tragedy-packed content, and carry it until that very cross leaves its marks upon us and redeems us to that more excellent way which comes only through suffering.
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If god wishes to be born as man and to unite mankind in the fellowship of the holy ghost, he suffers the terrible torment of having to bear the world in its reality. it is a crux; indeed, he himself is his own cross. the world is god's suffering, and every individual human being who wishes even to approach his own wholeness knows very well that this means bearing his own cross. but the eternal promise for him who bears his own cross is the paraclete.
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