Letter 152: Injustice is always bad.

Isidore of PelusiumPothianus|c. 402 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|AI-assisted
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To Hermogenes the Bishop.

On those who preside.

Let the healing of spiritual wounds proceed with all exactness. For wounds that fester beneath the surface, as often happens, tend to break open again.

To Evagrios.

He corrupts his words by his meddling judgment of his neighbors.

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Latin / Greek Original

ΠΝΒ. = ΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕΙ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΩ.
Πρὸς προεστώτας.
Διὰ πάσης ἀκριβείας χωρείτω τῶν ψυχικῶν τραυ-
μάτων ἡ θεραπεία. Τὰ γὰρ ὕπουλα, ὡς τὰ πολλὰ,
ἀναστομοῦσθαι φιλεῖ.
ΡΟΘ΄. – ΕΥΑΓΡΙΩ
Λυμαίνεται ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους τῇ τῶν πλησίων ἐπιγνωμονεία.

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