And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing everywhere.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Christ had the power to set the human race free from all these evils—not only the Romans but also the Persians and simply every race of barbarians. He succeeded in doing this with no force of arms, nor expenditure of money, nor by starting wars of conquest, nor by inflaming men to battle. He had only eleven men to start with, men who were undistinguished, without learning, illinformed, destitute, poorly clad, without weapons, or sandals, men who had but a single tunic to wear.
