And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
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Methodius of Olympus
AD 311
But let us, beloved, return in our discourse to that point whence we digressed, exclaiming, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: that good and kind Shepherd, voluntarily to lay down His life for His sheep. That just as hunters take by a sheep the wolves that devour sheep, even so the Chief Shepherd,