Letter 1096: The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
From the Epistle to the Romans, on the text "God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting"...
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Latin / Greek Original
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Since you have written asking for an explanation of the passage, I will answer briefly.
1. Our brother Barbarus, the bearer of this letter, is a servant of God, who has now for a long time been settled at Hippo, and has been an eager and diligent hearer of the word of God. He requested from us this letter to your Holiness, whereby we commend him to you in the Lord, and convey to you through him the salutations which it is our duty ...
EriSCOPORUM QUINQUE to INNOCENTIUM PAPAM.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.
I wrote to you before about the proper use of legal knowledge, Theodosius.