Ya ƙaunatattuna, kada ku yi mamakin hakan
fitina ta wuta tana faruwa a tsakaninku,
kamar wani abin al'ajabi yana faruwa da kai.
Amma ka yi farin ciki gwargwadon yadda kake
rabo a cikin wahalar Kristi,
saboda haka lokacin da daukakarsa ta bayyana
ku ma ku yi farin ciki ƙwarai da gaske. 
(1 Bitrus 4: 12-13)

[Mutum] za a hore shi da gaske ga rashin lalacewa,
kuma zai ci gaba kuma ya bunkasa a zamanin mulkin,
domin ya sami ikon karɓar ɗaukakar Uba. 
—St. Irenaeus na Lyons, Uban Coci (140–202 AD) 
Adresus Haereses, Irenaeus na Lyons, passim
Bk. 5, ku. 35, Ubannin Cocin, CIMA Wallafa Co

 

KA ana kaunarsu. Kuma wannan shine dalilin wahalar da ke cikin wannan lokacin ta yanzu tana da zafi ƙwarai. Yesu yana shirya Ikilisiya don karɓar “sabo da allahntaka mai tsarki”Cewa, har zuwa waɗannan lokutan, ba a san su ba. Amma kafin ya iya sawa Amaryarsa wannan sabuwar tufar (Rev 19: 8), dole ne ya cire ƙaunataccen ƙaunatattun tufafinta. Kamar yadda Cardinal Ratzinger ya bayyana haka karara:Ci gaba karatu →