solitary flight

§4 Suicide is predestination to damnation

Suicide is predestination to damnation.

Of martyrs seeking suicide among the Donatist heresy, Augustine writes, “God … has predestinated some of them to the ultimate punishment. There is no doubt therefore that it’s better for a few to have perished in their own flames, while the majority … have been rescued …”

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Augustine, Letter 204.