"INSTEAD of the priesthood praying for royalty that wars may cease from among men, they teach wars of overthrow, which set kings to combat with those round about.
"O Lord, make the priests and kings peaceful; that in one Church priests may pray for their kings, and kings spare those round about them; and may the peace which is within You become ours, Lord, You that are within and without all things!"
~St. Ephrem the Syrian: From The Pearl, Seven Hymns on the Faith.
"O Lord, make the priests and kings peaceful; that in one Church priests may pray for their kings, and kings spare those round about them; and may the peace which is within You become ours, Lord, You that are within and without all things!"
~St. Ephrem the Syrian: From The Pearl, Seven Hymns on the Faith.
Also Ephraim or Ephraem; 306-373 AD; Father and Doctor of the Church.
• Saint Ephrem, by Pope Benedict XV
• Ephrem the Syrian, Wikipedia
• Saint Ephrem, by Pope Benedict XV
• Ephrem the Syrian, Wikipedia
