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No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself

St. John Chrysostom · c. 406–407 AD

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Post-Nicene

Written from exile, a treatise arguing that external persecution cannot truly harm the Christian whose soul is fortified by virtue — only self-inflicted sin can wound.

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1A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself