1 John 4:18
Douay-Rheims
Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth, is not perfected in charity.
Leo the Great
The apostles had to ensure that no other truth would creep in and that no other doctrine would be taught. To do this, it was necessary to increase the capacity of those who were being taught and to multiply the constancy of that love which drives out all fear, not dreading the rage of persecutors.
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A.D. 461 · on 1John 4:18 (SERMONS 76.5)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.