Letter 805
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.
Ἀσοτγίβ αἰ4φιιθ δὰ οπιηΐα δυιίδχ ρθουν ΓΙΠῚ ΔΙΠΟΥ, πος δαιἰοἰ οι υ 84πΔ ΒΘ , ἈΠ 68η), Π8Π εορογῖι, ἰῃ δχιγο ἢ πιάἰογυν ργϑο μ᾽ πὶ λαὶί. ()υοείγοα πιᾶχῖθ ἰδ θΓϊπι ΟΡ δἰ υΐκὰ αἸυ8. Νὰπι ' βδϑιμδὶ νἱοογὶί, ἢ ἃ ροβίθα γαιΐοηὰ νἱμοὶ ρΡοίογι!.
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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.