{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080381.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080381.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080381.htm","text":"Chapter XIV.\u2014The Woman\u2019s Grief.\nThen Peter said: \u201cDo you think, O woman, that those who destroy themselves are set free from torments, and not rather that the souls of those who lay violent hands upon themselves are subjected to greater punishments?\u201d Then said she: \u201cI wish I were sure that souls live in the infernal regions, for I would gladly embrace the suffering of the penalty of suicide, only that I might see my darling children, if it were but for an hour.\u201d Then Peter: \u201cWhat thing is it so great, that effects you with so heavy sadness? I should like to know. For if you informed me of the cause, I might be able both to show you clearly, O woman, that souls do live in the infernal regions; and instead of the precipice or the deep sea, I might give you some remedy, that you may be able to end your life without torment.\u201d","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter XIV","type":"page"}