God the Teacher of Mankind

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Excerpt from God the Teacher of Mankind: A Plain, Comprehensive Explanation of Christian Doctrine, The Apostles' Creed The fathers and doctors of the Church have written and. Preached in defence of the Apostles' Creed. For the sake of this Creed, thousands of tender virgins have quitted everything that was near and dear to them on earth, and for its sake, thousands of martyrs have shed their hearts' blood. We read, in the history of the martyrs, that a child of seven years was denounced to a wicked governor, named Asclepiades. He was brought before that man, who endeavored, by caresses, to make him give up his religion It is no use, answered the courageous child, I am a Christian, for I believe in God, the Father Al mighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord Asclepiades, in a rage, would not let him finish. He sent for the mother of the child, and ordered a soldier to scourge him before her, in order that she herself might urge her child to worship the idols. Whilst the cruel lash was tearing his ¿esh, the youthful martyr repeated: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, etc. After some time he turned to his mother, and said to her: Mother, I am thirsty. Courage, my child! Said the heroic mother, have patience a little longer, and Jesus Christ himself will give thee to drink in heaven. This sad spectacle drew tears from all who witnessed it. The cruel tyrant alone remained unmoved. Ashamed of seeing himself vanquished by so tender a child, he caused his head to be cutoff, and thus sent him the sooner to heaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.