S𝘁 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝟯𝟳𝟯

𝘖𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘴

In ancient times, before the Savior came to live among us, even to the holiest of men and women death was a terror; all wept for the dead as though they had perished eternally. But now that the Savior has raised His body, death is no longer terrible; every one of us who believe in Christ trample on death as it were nothing and choose rather to die than deny our faith in Christ. And that devil that once maliciously exulted in our death, now that its pains are loosed and its power emptied, remains the only one truly dead. – 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥, ch 27.2