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| We do not construct shrines, consecrate priests and render rites and sacrifices for these martyrs. The simple reason is that it is not they but God who is our God. It is true that we honor their shrines because they were holy men of God who fought for truth, even unto death, so that true religion might be made known and falsehoods and fictions overcome... Before the monuments of these martyrs, the Sacrifice is offered to God alone, who made them first men and then martyrs and finally associated them with His holy angels in heavenly honor... We thank this true God for their victories and, while renewing our memory of them and calling on God to help us, we encourage ourselves to imitate them in seeking like crowns and palms. (pg 169) |
| Saint Augustine |
| (The City of God,1954) |
| ISBN: 0-385-02910-1 |
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