Letter 90: Chrysostom urges Bishop Moses to keep separating from those who harmed the churches and to encourage others.

I do not think you need any letter from me to show the courage that belongs to you or to turn away from those who have done such great harm to the churches and filled the world with turmoil. You have already made that clear by what you have done. Still, because I am eager to address your Reverence constantly and on every occasion, I urge the same thing now: use your own courage to turn away from them, and stir everyone else to do the same. No small reward is laid up for you if you turn away, as you should, from those who have raised so great a storm and filled everything with countless scandals. This will bring the greatest correction to affairs. And remember us always, for we love you deeply. You know how we have felt, and how we still feel, toward your Reverence.

ʹ. Μωϋσῇ ἐπισκόπῳ. Οἶμαι μὲν μηδὲ γραμμάτων σε δεῖσθαι τῶν ἡμετέρων εἰς τὸ τὴν προσήκουσαν ἀνδρείαν ἐπιδείξασθαι, καὶ ἀποστραφῆναι τοὺς τοσαῦτα κακὰ ἐργασαμένους ταῖς Ἐκκλησίαις, καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην ταραχῶν ἐμπλήσαντας· διὰ γὰρ ὧν ἐποίησας, ἐδήλωσας. Ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ συνεχῶς, καὶ δι' ἑκάστης προφάσεως προσφθέγγεσθαί σου τὴν εὐλάβειαν ἐμοὶ περισπούδαστον, καὶ νῦν τὰ αὐτὰ παρακαλῶ, ὥστε αὐτόν τε τῇ προσηκούσῃ ἀνδρείᾳ χρήσασθαι εἰς τὸ ἀποστρέφεσθαι ἐκείνους, τούς τε ἄλλους ἅπαντας εἰς τοῦτο ἀλείφειν. Οὐ γὰρ μικρὸς ὑμῖν κείσεται ὁ μισθὸς, εἰ τοὺς χειμῶνα τοσοῦτον ἀνάψαντας, καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἐμπλήσαντας μυρίων σκανδάλων, μέλλοιτε ἀποστρέφεσθαι ὡς προσῆκόν ἐστι. Καὶ γὰρ μεγίστην ἐντεῦθεν τὰ πράγματα λήψεται διόρθωσιν. Καὶ ἡμῶν δὲ τῶν ἀγαπώντων σε σφόδρα διηνεκῶς μεμνῆσθαι παρακαλοῦμεν. Οἶσθα γὰρ ὅπως διετέθημέν τε καὶ διακείμεθα ἀεὶ περὶ τὴν σὴν εὐλάβειαν.