Paulinus of Nola
Pontius Meropius Paulinus
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I am angry with you; whether I ought to be I am not quite sure, but I am angry all the same.
I notice how kindly you treat your servants, so I will be quite frank with you, and tell you with what indulgence I...
Whatever view other people may take, I think he is the happiest man who enjoys in his lifetime the certain knowledge...
You are not one of those people who require ceremonial attendance and public attention from their intimate friends...
Jerome urges Paulinus, bishop of Nola, (for whom see Letter LVIII.) to make a diligent study of the Scriptures and to this end reminds him of the zeal for learning displayed not only by the wisest of the pagans but also by the apostle Paul. Then going through the two Testaments in detail he describes the contents of the several books and the les...
In this his second letter to Paulinus of Nola Jerome dissuades him from making a pilgrimage to the Holy Places, and describes Jerusalem not as it ought to be but as it is. He then gives his friend counsels for his life similar to those which he has previously addressed to Nepotian, praises Paulinus for his Panegyric (now no longer extant) on the...
1. The love of Christ which constrains us, and which unites us, though separated by distance, in the bond of a common faith, has itself emboldened me to dismiss my fear and address a letter to you; and it has given you a place in my inmost heart by means of your writings — so full of the stores of learning, so sweet with celestial honey, the med...
1. O excellent man and excellent brother, there was a time when you were unknown to my mind; and I charge my mind to bear patiently your being still unknown to my eyes, but it almost — nay, altogether — refuses to obey. Does it indeed bear this patiently?
This letter of Paulinus was written before receiving a reply to his former letter, No. 27, p. 248.
1. Although in my longing to be without delay near you in one sense, while still remote in another, I wished much that what I wrote in answer to your former letter (if, indeed, any letter of mine deserves to be called an answer to yours) should go with all possible expedition to your Grace, my delay has brought me the advantage of a second lett...
Could this have been hoped or expected by us, that now by our brother Severus we should have to claim the answer which your love has not yet written to us, so long and so impatiently desiring your reply? Why have we been doomed through two summers (and these in the parched land of Africa) to bear this thirst? What more can I say?
Paulinus, servant of Christ Jesus, to Severus, dearest brother according to our common faith in God the Father and...
We received your letter after some time, but the longer we had waited for it, the more eagerly we took it in.
Paulinus and Therasia, sinners, to their lord, deservedly honorable and most blessed father Alypius.
Paulinus and Therasia, sinners, to their lord, kindred spirit, and venerable brother Augustine.
And you thought you needed an excuse, dearest brother, for not coming to us in person as you had promised and we had...
Paulinus and Therasia, sinners, to their lord, holy brother and kindred spirit in Christ, Augustine.
Paulinus and Therasia to their lord, deservedly praiseworthy and honorable brother Romanianus.
Paulinus had asked Jerome two questions, (1) how can certain passages of scripture Exodus 7:13; Romans 9:16 be reconciled with Free Will? And (2) Why are the children of believers said to be holy 1 Corinthians 7:14 apart from baptismal grace? For the first of these questions Jerome refers Paulinus to his version (newly made) of Origen's treatise...
"Listen, my son, to the law of your father" [Proverbs 1:8] — that is, the faith of Augustine — "and do not reject...
As far as I can tell, what I whisper in your ear you proclaim from the rooftops [Matthew 10:27].
I received the letter of your holy affection, in which you instruct me to include in the letters I send you some...
In the Lord God Jesus Christ I feel — and in you above all I joyfully experience through God's gift and word — that...
I confess I am amazed at the holy generosity and patience of your love — that from my letters, which I tend to write...
Just as until now I kept a time of silence with proper humility, so now I have recognized the time for speaking with...
We rejoiced in what was written and brought to us through Cardamas.
We received Cardamas with the joy of love and the blessing of sweetness, bringing us every good thing — letters that...
Paulinus sends greetings to his brother Jovius.
We are worn out with inviting you and waiting for you.
What our longing had not brought about for some time, the Lord suddenly granted to us beyond our hopes: the...
We were waiting like "a thirsty field" for the refreshment of your letters, and "our soul was like land without...
We ought indeed, keeping to the teaching of wisdom, to "put a yoke on our tongue and a balance on our words" [Sirach...
To my holy and venerable brother Amandus,
To my kindred brother Severus,
To my brother Severus,
To our brother Severus — Paulinus and Therasia, sinners.
Though I am unknown to you by face, I have already come to know you in my heart.
To our holy and most dear brother Sebastian — Paulinus and Therasia, sinners, send greetings in Christ the Lord.
To my venerable and ever-dear brother Severus,
To my holy brother and fellow soldier Severus,
To my kindred brother Severus,
To my holy brother and kindred spirit Severus,
To my holy and kindred brother Severus,
The open page, with these little verses inserted into it, called my tongue and hand to fill the empty space — and...
My blessed and venerable brother Alethius,
On the Treasury
Most Blessed and ever-dear Father Delphinus,
We tasted the sweetness of your words in the brief message from Your Holiness.
To my kindred brother Victricius,
To my holy and venerable brother Aper,
To our holy and venerable brothers Aper and Amanda — Paulinus and Therasia, sinners.
To the holy brothers Aper and Amanda — Meropius Paulinus and Therasia send greetings in God and Christ.
Most Blessed and venerable Father Florentius,
To our holy, venerable, and most longed-for brother Desiderius — the desire of my desires — Paulinus and Therasia,...
To our holy, venerable, and most dear brother and sister, Aper and Amanda — Paulinus and Therasia, sinners.
To our holy lord, most blessed and uniquely dear, our venerable and longed-for father, brother, and teacher,...
Brother Rufinus,
Brother Rufinus,
...For if today you could see bishops worthy of the Lord — Exsuperius in Toulouse, Simplicius in Vienne, Amandus in...
"It is honorable to proclaim the works of the Lord" [Tobit 12:7].
Since our letter carrier is already rushing to the ship and I myself am hurrying to match his haste, I will set down...
To our holy and rightly celebrated, venerable and most dear children Eucherius and Galla — Paulinus, bishop.
Human conduct would wander in confusion if crime had no terrors and virtue no rewards.