Letter 1577: Do not be shaken by the fact that many who love virtue suffer countless terrible things in this world.

Isidore of PelusiumBoethos Monachos|c. 430 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|AI-assisted
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To the children of Archontius: I have sent the most excellent Eutonios, with words of reconciliation...

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Latin / Greek Original

ΥΚΕ. – ΤΟΙΣ ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΣΙΝ.
Ἔπεμψα τὸν πανάριστον Εὐτόνιον, λόγων συμβα-
τηρίων ὑμῖν καθηγησόμενον. Αιδέσθητε τοίνυν πρῶτον
μὲν τὸ πρέπον, δεύτερον δὲ ἑαυτοὺς, τρίτον ἐμὲ,
τὸν ἐν οἷς ἔξεστιν ἐπιτάττειν, συμβουλεύοντα· τό-
ταρτον, τὸν καταδεξάμενον τοσοῦτον ὑπομεῖναι διὰ
τὴν ὑμετέραν εἰρήνην κάματον. Καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπ-
ἐχθειαν ἐξορίσαντες, ἄσμενοι τὴν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς φιλίαν
ἀσπάσασθε.

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