The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X 126A question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.
Open in the readerA question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.
Germanus: Well then, if a good man does not only suffer no evil by being killed, but actually gains a reward from his suffering, how can we accuse the man who has done him no harm but good by killing him?