Letter 1137
Isidore of Pelusium→Unknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere.
Εἰς τὸ, « Λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον " καὶ ὃν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν. » Ἐπειδὴ ἐνόμισας () ἐναντιολογίαν τινὰ γεγρά- φθαι ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ, ἐμήνυσας, δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν γευδομαρτυρίαν ἐχάλεσε () τὸ εἰρηχέναι () περὶ εἧς λύσεως χαὶ ἀναστάσεως τοῦ ναοῦ " εἴρηται γάρ" ἘΡΙΘΤΟΙΑΆΙΝ ,[Β. ΙΝ. -- ἘΡΙ5Τ. ΟΟΧΥΤΙ.
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of general.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is difficult, the middle uncertain, and the end glorious. Persevere.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.