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Stanley Hauerwas on Community Without Tears - Anabaptist (Revelation 21:4)

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"The new creation is community perfected—no tears because no betrayal, no death because no violence, no mourning because no loss. The martyrs' tears are wiped; their witness vindicated. The church anticipates this: communities of comfort in a world of tears." — Stanley Hauerwas. Anabaptist: perfected community.

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Revelation 21:4

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