Fragments on Lamentations · §4

Blessed weeping from love

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The weeping that is from love is called blessed. For it belongs to the holy one “to weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15)

Greek

Klagel. Jerem. 1 Überschr. Τὸν ἐξ ἀγάπης κλαυθμὸν μακαριζόμενον. τοῦ γὰρ ἁγίου ἐστὶ «κλαίειν μετὰ κλαιόντων.

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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.

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