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  • He set aside the royal concessions granted to the Jews through the mediation of John, father of Eupolemus (that Eupolemus who would later go on an embassy to the Romans to establish a treaty of friendship with them); he abrogated the lawful institutions and introduced customs contrary to the law. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)

  • Answering in the language of his forefathers, he said, "Never!" So he too in turn suffered the same tortures as the first. (2 Maccabees 7, 8)

  • Filled with a noble spirit that stirred her womanly heart with manly courage, she exhorted each of them in the language of their forefathers with these words: (2 Maccabees 7, 21)

  • She had scarcely finished speaking when the youth said: "What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king's command. I obey the command of the law given to our forefathers through Moses. (2 Maccabees 7, 30)

  • They begged the Lord to do this, if not for their sake, at least for the sake of the covenants made with their forefathers, and because they themselves bore his holy, glorious name. (2 Maccabees 8, 15)

  • Nevertheless, I know that my father, whenever he went on campaigns in the hinterland, would name his successor, (2 Maccabees 9, 23)

  • Now that our father has taken his place among the gods, we wish the subjects of our kingdom to be undisturbed in conducting their own affairs. (2 Maccabees 11, 23)

  • We understand that the Jews do not agree with our father's policy concerning Greek customs but prefer their own way of life. They are petitioning us to let them retain their own customs. (2 Maccabees 11, 24)

  • In such a manner was Menelaus, the transgressor of the law, fated to die; he was deprived even of decent burial. (2 Maccabees 13, 7)

  • The king was advancing, his mind full of savage plans for inflicting on the Jews worse things than those they suffered in his father's time. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)

  • A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a patriot. A man highly regarded, he was called a father of the Jews because of his love for them. (2 Maccabees 14, 37)

  • Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching; (Proverbs 1, 8)


"Se tanta atenção é dada aos bens desta Terra, quanto mais se deve dar aos do Céu?" São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina