Letter 133: That your gentleness is not something people look down on, and that your courage is not brutal — for your love of...
Let the one who has received authority use it as a trust, not as a possession. Authority is a loan from God, and like all loans, it must be repaid with interest. The interest God demands is justice for the oppressed, mercy for the weak, and defense of the truth against all who would corrupt it.
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Latin / Greek Original
ΠΓ΄. – ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΩ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΩ
ΡΝ΄. – ΚΟΜΙΤΙ
Κρύπτειν τὰ τῶν πλησίον πταίσματα.
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