Chapter 8 The Lightning Flash

A Christian bishop was in his cathedral one day during a severe thunderstorm.A non-Christian woman came and stood before him and asked, "I am not a Christian. Can I be saved from the fires of hell?" The Bishop looked at the woman and replied, "No , only those who have been baptized with holy water and the Holy Spirit can be saved." Just as the bishop was speaking, a thunderbolt thundered down from the sky and struck the cathedral, which was ablaze everywhere. People from the city came running, and they rescued the woman, while the bishop was consumed by the fire and reduced to ashes.

The Lightning Flash There was a Christian bishop in his cathedral on a stormy day, and an un-Christian woman came and stood before him, and she said, "I am not a Christian. Is there salvation for me from hell-fire?" And the bishop looked upon the woman, and he answered her saying, "Nay, there is salvation for those only who are baptized of water and of the spirit." And even as he spoke a bolt from the sky fell with thunder upon the cathedral and it was filled with fire. And the men of the city came running, and they saved the woman, but the bishop was consumed, food of the fire.