How did the old church fathers handle persecution? Surely if everyone was martyred neither the Catholic nor Orthodox church would exist today. Much else has been documented regarding them - and as such it is a very loose term, I guess, Church fathers, but I hope you understand and I hope you see what authority I'm looking for here. This question becomes more relevant every day as possible death approaches me in my hellish grey modern European city, and I need to know what my next course of action should be in regards to the first authority in my life, God. I'm conflicted on the matter, especially seeing as this issue has never been as strange and inisidious as now. But also never as severe. Turning the other cheek now is unlikely at best, impossible at worst. These are not our neighbours, after all… and I will not see God's work undone, and let his church be desecrated, should it call for me to do something about matters. But then again so much of myself and my own ambitions and works is at stake, perhaps to be lost for all times, worst case scenario.
On top of all that, and perhaps worst of all, I am all alone in my considering this… noone of my brothers online will get out of their useless accelerationist fantasies and stop being evil on the grounds of what once was a genuinely hopeful ground (/pol/, which I and most here I presume have abandoned) and consider this really. All are either nihilistic, LARPagans, or some awful combination of all of the above. And these are the people we are supposed to really have. Here as well, I notice many choosing to simply ignore the absolute horrors closing in every day… and squabbling instead. I am at a loss. Though I have an idea. And that is why I really just want to close in on those who would have known; what would our church fathers have to say? What do you think, if you haven't read them, and what do you know if you have?