Letter 7024: Our common son Marcellus demands of me the admonition that his progress requires.

Ennodius of PaviaPompey, Against Epistle of Stephen About Baptism of Heretics|c. 513 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
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From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Stephen
Date: ~513 AD
Context: A letter prompted by the need to advise a shared godson or spiritual charge named Marcellus.

Ennodius to Stephen.

Our common son Marcellus demands of me the admonition that his progress requires. I write at his prompting and for his benefit, trusting that your guidance will complement mine. Between the two of us, the young man should lack for nothing in the way of counsel. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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