Letter 8034: The divine declarations that illuminate your way of life are the same ones that guide my own.
Ennodius of Pavia→Porcianus|c. 519 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
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From: Ennodius, bishop of Pavia
To: Porcianus, abbot
Date: ~520 AD
Context: A letter to a monastic superior, with the tone of a bishop addressing a valued spiritual leader.
Ennodius to Abbot Porcianus.
The divine declarations that illuminate your way of life are the same ones that guide my own. We serve the same God by different paths, and the correspondence between us is proof that those paths converge.
May your community continue to flourish, and may the prayers you offer on behalf of the world reach the ears of the God who sent us both. Farewell.
XXXIIII. ENNODIVS PORCIANO ABBATI.
Diuinis declaratur exemplis, nisi per dei gratiam uisitationem
hominum caelestium non uenire. quae enim recordatio potest
esse peccantium, nisi occultis itineribus fauor caelestis operetur
et per uiam mentibus inspiratam quae propter peccata subrepere
poterat eliminetur obliuio? inpetratae iam diuinae misericordiae
fiducia est cultorum dei animis non deesse. ergo gratias refero
trinitati deo nostro, qui ut me reuerentia uestra alloquiis
uisitaret exegit. suscipio et oboedientiam uestram: nec enim
exiguus cultus debetur obsequentibus, cum Christi gloria maneat
imperantem. orate pro me, qui humanitatis imbecilla, dum
adhuc estis homines, euitastis, quos contigit necdum corpore
XXXm. 2 hormisde BT diaconua BL sed u ex o ut uid.
corr. L 3 Et] tu Pb 4 studi sextilisti B promittet B
5 baiolus B 6 gemini Pb solatii BLT praesidii B
7 ezpetiet B 8 iubari B 10 portitor Pb aduliscat ausiliis
B ,
XXXIII. 13 ennidius L portiano LT 15 celestium B
enim-nisi om. B 16 fabor B cęlestius L 17 uim uel
insperatam fort . subrepere Pb, subripere BLTV 18 eliminatur
T1 inpetrate B 21 exiget B suspicio fort . et B, om. LP
TVb obidentiam B 22 debitur B 23 inperantem B, parentem
fort . orte B inbicilla B 24 euitastes B contiget B
sequestrato ponderibus carnis absolui, et seruitiis salutationis
acceptis frugem circa me gratiae, dum sermonis adulescit
cultura, concedite.
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From:Ennodius, bishop of Pavia
To:Porcianus, abbot
Date:~520 AD
Context:A letter to a monastic superior, with the tone of a bishop addressing a valued spiritual leader.
Ennodius to Abbot Porcianus.
The divine declarations that illuminate your way of life are the same ones that guide my own. We serve the same God by different paths, and the correspondence between us is proof that those paths converge.
May your community continue to flourish, and may the prayers you offer on behalf of the world reach the ears of the God who sent us both. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.