Letter 204: When mercy is sought, let it be found.
Isidore of Pelusium→Theodosius|c. 406 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|To Theodosius (recipient)|AI-assisted
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To Theodosius.
If you wish to prevail over the enemy, lead the army in the fear of God. For righteousness brings the prize of valor. But our injustice is an alliance on the side of our adversaries.
Εἰ τῶν πολεμίων βούλει κρατεῖν, ἄγε τὸ στρατόπεδον φόβῳ Θεοῦ. Δικαιοσύνη γὰρ φέρει τὴν ἀριστείαν. Ἡ δὲ ἡμῶν ἀδικία, τῶν ἐναντίων ἐστὶ συμμαχία.
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To Theodosius.
If you wish to prevail over the enemy, lead the army in the fear of God. For righteousness brings the prize of valor. But our injustice is an alliance on the side of our adversaries.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εἰ τῶν πολεμίων βούλει κρατεῖν, ἄγε τὸ στρατόπεδον φόβῳ Θεοῦ. Δικαιοσύνη γὰρ φέρει τὴν ἀριστείαν. Ἡ δὲ ἡμῶν ἀδικία, τῶν ἐναντίων ἐστὶ συμμαχία.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern isidore pelusium workflow v1.
Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://archive.org/details/PatrologiaGraeca (PG vol.78)
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