{"methodius-de-martyribus/1":{"o":"Ἐκ τοῦ περὶ μαρτύρων λόγου. Ι. οὕτω γὰρ θαυμαστὸν καὶ περισπούδαστόν ἐστι τὸ μαρτύριον. ὅτι αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, τιμῶν αὐτὸ ἐμαρτύρησεν, „οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγησάμενος τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ“, ἵνα καὶ τούτῳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τῷ χαρίσματι εἰς ὃν κατέβη στέψῃ.","t":"From the discourse On the Martyrs.\n\nI. For martyrdom is so wonderful and so worth striving for that the Lord Jesus Christ himself, the Son of God, honoring it, bore witness, “not counting it robbery to be equal with God,” so that he might crown with this gift too the human being to whom he came down.","f":"Methodius, <i>Mart.</i> 1 (Bonwetsch GCS 27:520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/methodius-de-martyribus/1)."},"methodius-de-martyribus/2":{"o":"ΙΙ. Πάσης ἀγαθῆς ἡ καταρχὴ πράξεως ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ βουλῇ τὴν ὑπόστασιν κέχτηται, τὸ δὲ συμπέρασμα ἐν τῷ θεῷ.","t":"II. Of every good deed the beginning has its foundation in our will, but the completion in God.","f":"Methodius, <i>Mart.</i> 2 (Bonwetsch GCS 27:520; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/methodius-de-martyribus/2)."}}