4 surviving letters between Augustine of Hippo and Eusebius, spanning c. 391–405.
1. God, to whom the secrets of the heart of man are open, knows that it is because of my love for Christian peace that I am so deeply moved by the profane deeds of those who basely and impiously persevere in dissenting from it. He knows also that this feeling of mine is one tending towards peace, and that my desire is, not that any one should ag...
(Another letter to Eusebius on the same subject.) To Eusebius, My Excellent Lord and Brother, Worthy of Affection and Esteem, Augustine Sends Greeting. 1. I did not impose upon you, by importunate exhortation or entreaty in spite of your reluctance, the duty, as you call it, of arbitrating between bishops.
“Augustine to Eusebius, my excellent lord and brother, greetings.”