The Treatises of Cyprian

St. Cyprian of Carthage · c. 249–258 AD

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Section 113

That those are more severely judged, who in this world have had more power

In Solomon: “The hardest judgment shall be made on those who govern. For to a mean man mercy is granted; but the powerful shall suffer torments mightily.” Also in the second Psalm: “And now, ye kings, understand; be amended, ye who judge the earth.”