That little ship offers us a figure of the church, for she is tossed by sea (that is, the world) and by the waves (that is, persecutions and temptations), with the Lord patiently sleeping, as it were, until awakened by the prayers of the saints, he checks the world and restores tranquility to his own.
–Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 225 AD)
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