Various Church Fathers
Chapter VII. A question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.
The Works of John Cassian. — translated by ANF/NPNF editors
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A question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.
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Germanus: Well then, if a good man does not only suffer no evil by being killed, but actually gains a reward from his suffering, how can we accuse the man who has done him no harm but good by killing him?
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