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The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity

3rd century · AD 203 · Pre-Schism Western · 4 passages

Background on The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity

In his own words on John

  • John 16:24

    But He who had said, "Ask, and ye shall receive," gave to them when they asked, that death which each one had wished for.

    The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations — including the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers and the early patristic chain-commentary compiled in the Catena Aurea. Each quotation links to its source.