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Name: Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Saint Thomas the Apostle
Author: Ælfric

Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Saint Thomas the Apostle

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“Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Saint Thomas the Apostle”, is a work by Ælfric. It explores elements such as apostle, Thomas and Saviour.

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“ Then the king permitted the queen to go thither,
and she spake straightway to her sister thus:
'Oh, thou Migdonia! my beloved sister,
why despisest thou thy husband and dishonourest thyself?
The king himself bemoaneth it, and all his men,
that thou so suddenly hast lost thy wits.'
Migdonia answered her: 'Oh! thou my sister,
knewest thou what I know, thou wouldest not have said these words;
the apostle worketh many wonders among men,
and saith to us for a truth, that there is another life,
immortal and eternal, freed from every evil. ”

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“ Then the king Gondophorus said to his brother:
' Since it is made for me, I think that it is mine;
let the apostle make for thee another work like it;
if, however, he cannot make another,
it may serve us both to possess this one.'
Then said the holy apostle: ' The Saviour hath builded
unnumbered dwellings and spacious palaces
from the beginning of the world magnificently in heaven;
and they can be purchased with true faith. ”

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“ Then again said Abbanes unto the apostle,
'If thou art cunning in crafts, as thou saidst but now,
why would Thy Lord let thee come to me? '
Thomas said to him, concerning Christ's building:
' I lay the foundations which shall last for ever,
and I set the wall which shall never sink,
and make the windows which shall be very perfect,
that there shall be no lack to the house of the heavenly light. ”

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“ I rear the building, so that the roof shall surmount
all edifices, and it shall be fair without,
and the work shall nevertheless be more beautiful within.
"Whatsoever there be in marble or in glorious building,
I verily make, and if thou wilt commit to me
boys to teach, I will instruct them truly.'
Then said Abbanes: 'Excellent is the man
who hath such workmen; he is better than any king.'
Thomas answered him: ' Excellently thou hast spoken. ”

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“ Then answered Thomas: ' Oh! thou my Lord,
send me whither Thou wilt, save to the Indians.'
The Saviour said to him: — ' Go now, and I will be with thee,
and will not forsake thee;
and after that thou hast gained for Me the Indians,
thou shalt come to Me with the glorious crown of martyrdom.'
Thomas answered Him: ' Thou art my Lord,
and I am Thy servant; Thy will be done.'
Lo then! the steward, who was named Abbanes,
(come) from the Indian king, rowed to land,
and went through the province seeking his errand.
Then Christ went to him, and said openly,
' What buyest thou, youth? ”

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“ After these words he hastened to the prison,
and sought the apostle, saying with weeping:
'My brother knew not, Lord, that thou wert the apostle
of the living God, and he hath highly sinned.'
Then he quickly unbound him, and besought him to receive
costly raiment. Then said the Lord's servant:
Yet knowest thou not that those who follow Christ
and desire to possess heavenly virtues,
wear not splendid garments nor fleshly adornings. ”

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“ After the Saviour's passion and resurrection from death
and ascension into heaven, when His apostles
travelled throught this earth, then came Thomas
to the city of Caesarea, and the Saviour Himself
came to him from heaven, thus saying: —
' The king of the Indians, who is called Gondophorus,
hath sent his steward to the Syrian land
to seek a workman who is well skilled in his craft ”

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“ If then ye will now rather be busy about those buildings,
and wish to speak in earnest concerning the heavenly riches,
then may your possessions run before you;
and they cannot follow you at your death.
Let now your goods profit the widows,
the poor, and the sick ”

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